supraoccipital

From supra- +‎ occipital.

supraoccipital (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput.

   supraoccipital crest

2. (anatomy) Relating to the supraoccipital bone.

supraoccipital (plural supraoccipitals)

1. A bone on the dorsal side of the great foramen of the skull, usually forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but distinct in the young.
   • 2016 February 6, “Cranial Anatomy and Palaeoneurology of the Archosaur Riojasuchus tenuisceps from the Los Colorados Formation, La Rioja, Argentina”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Although the sutures are difficult to trace, the supraoccipital contacts the parietal anteriorly at a tight interdigitated suture, and contacts the ophistotic posterolaterally at a straight suture.

• “supraoccipital”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.