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paroccipital

paroccipital adjective: situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals. Also the alternative form of paraoccipital.

Adjective

paroccipital (not comparable)

  1. Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
    • paroccipital process
    • paroccipital region

Also used as

paroccipital is also the alternative form of paraoccipital.

Forms of paroccipital

pluralparoccipitals

Origin of paroccipital

From para- + occipital.

Words formed from paroccipital

Questions about paroccipital

What does paroccipital mean?
Paroccipital means situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
What part of speech is paroccipital?
Paroccipital is an adjective.

Words near paroccipital in the dictionary

  1. Parnellite
  2. Parnellites
  3. Parnika
  4. Parnkalla
  5. Paro
  6. paroccipital
  7. paroccipital process
  8. paroccipitals
  9. paroch
  10. paroches
  11. parochet

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