sinciput

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sinciput
    n 1: the front part of the head or skull (including the
         forehead)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sinciput \Sin"ci*put\, n. [L., half a head; semihalf + caput the
   head.]
   1. (Anat.) The fore part of the head.
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   2. (Zool.) The part of the head of a bird between the base of
      the bill and the vertex.
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