"occipital bone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: occipital bones [plural]
Etymology: From Latin occiput, from ob- (“towards, against”) and caput (“head”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} occipital bone (plural occipital bones)
  1. The bone at the back of the skull. Wikipedia link: Latin, occipital bone Translations (bone at the back of the skull): ἰνίον (iníon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), týlní kost [feminine] (Czech), kuklaluu (Estonian), takaraivonluu (Finnish), Hinterhauptbein [neuter] (German), Hinterhauptsbein [neuter] (German), nyakszirtcsont (Hungarian), 뒤통수뼈 (dwitongsuppyeo) (Korean), potylica [feminine] (Polish), oksipital kemik (Turkish)

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