Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun occipital_bone

1 sense of occipital bone

Sense 1
occipital bone -- (a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull)
       => membrane bone -- (any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull)