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SINCIPUT
sinciput
(noun) the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sinciput (plural sincipita or sinciputs)
(chiefly, anatomy) The front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).
Synonym: bregma
Antonym: occiput
Source: Wiktionary
Sin"ci*put, n. Etym: [L., half a head; semihalf + caput the head.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The fore part of the head.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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