Exoccipital

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exoccipital \Ex`oc*cip"i*tal\, a. [Pref. ex- + occipital.]
     (Anat.)
     Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great
     foremen of the skull. -- n. The exoccipital bone, which often
     forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually
     distinct in the young. Exocetus