Postorbital

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Situated behind the socket of the eye: a postorbital bone.
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  • adj. Behind the orbit of the eye.
  • n. A postorbital bone or scale.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Situated behind the orbit.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In anatomy and zoology: Situated on the hinder part of the bony brim of the orbit of the eye.
  • Bounding the orbit behind, as a separate bone of sundry reptiles. See the noun.
  • Lying backward (caudad) of the orbit of the eye, on the surface of the body; postocular: as, the postorbital part of the head.
  • In entomology, lying behind the compound eyes of an insect.
  • n. In herpetology, a separate bone which in some reptiles forms a posterior part of the orbit of the eye.
    • Word Usage
    "The most obvious difference is the "postorbital processes" of the groundhog skull that are missing in the beaver skull and which are present in mine."
     
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