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postparietal
postparietal adj. and n.
Brit. 
/ˌpəʊs(t)pəˈrʌɪᵻtl/
, /ˌpəʊs(t)pəˈrʌɪᵻtl/U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)pəˈraɪəd(ə)l/
Zoology (a) adj. posterior to a parietal structure; spec. designating either of a pair of bones behind the parietal bones in the skull of certain reptiles, amphibians, and fishes; (b) n. a postparietal bone./ˌpoʊs(t)pəˈraɪəd(ə)l/ΚΠ
1878 T. Gill in Johnson's New Universal Cycl. III. 55/2 In [the brachiopod] Glottidia the neural valve has two internal ridges or lamellæ diverging forward from the beak, and apparently serving as fulcra for the post-parietal muscles.
1890 Cent. Dict. Postparietal, a. and n.
1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) viii. 240 The postparietals (dermal supraoccipitals) are at the back rim of the roof and may descend as flanges onto the posterior surface of the braincase.
2004 Jrnl. Neurosci. 24 5391 The somatotopical organization of the postcentral gyrus is well known, but less is known about..the somatosensory association areas in the postparietal cortex.
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