1. that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head; [syn: occipital lobe, occipital cortex]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
occipital lobe
n 1: that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of
the brain lying in the back of the head [syn: occipital
lobe, occipital cortex]