a. and sb. Anat. and Zool. [ad. mod.L. suprā-occipitālis: see SUPRA- 1 b and OCCIPITAL.] = SUPEROCCIPITAL.
1846. Owen, in Rep. Brit. Assoc., I. 319. The flattening … of the human supraoccipital, parietal and frontal bones. Ibid. (1848), Homol. Vertebrate Skel., 5. I … regard the supraoccipital as the serial homologue of the parietal and the midfrontal.
1851. Mantell, Petrifactions, iv. § 3. 390. The horns being placed more anteriorly in relation to the supra-occipital ridge.
1880. Günther, Fishes, 56. The supraoccipital separates the parietals, and forms a suture with the frontals.
