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Meaning of occiput | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɒk.sɪ.pʌt/

Definitions

The back part of the head or skull.

Equivalents

العربية قذال
Čeština týl
Deutsch Hinterkopf
Suomi takaraivo
Français occiput
Italiano occipite
Nederlands achterhoofd
Polski potylica
Русский затылок
Svenska bakhuvud
Українська потилиця

Examples

“And then came Turbor, who sat quietly and unemotionally through the fifteen minute process, and Munn, who jerked at the first touch of the electrodes, and then spent the session rolling his eyes as though he wished he could turn them backwards and watch through a hole in his occiput.”
“He wore a large white cotton Nubian shirt, trimmed with red pompons, and shaved his head, except for one lock at the occiput ‘by which Mohammed lifts you up on Judgement Day’.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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