fortress, fort - a fortified defensive structure. merlon - a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement. bulwark, rampart, wall - an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; they stormed the ramparts of the city; they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down.
Definition of OCCIPITAL BONE. : a compound bone that forms the posterior part of the skull and bears a condyle by which the skull articulates with the atlas.See occipital bone defined for kids.ADVERTISEMENT. a compound bone that forms the posterior part of the skull and bears a condyle by which the skull articulates with the atlas. See occipital bone defined for kids.
That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head. Classified under: Nouns denoting body parts. Hypernyms (occipital lobe is a kind of...): lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part).Meronyms (parts of occipital lobe):ccipital gyrus (any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum). Holonyms (occipital lobe is a part of...): cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum).