Preocular

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  • adj. Just in front of the eyes.
  • n. One of the scales just in front of the eye of a reptile or fish.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antennæ of certain insects.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Situated before the eye: specifically applied in herpetology to certain plates of the head.
  • n. A preocular plate.
    • Word Usage
    "Adult males have small facial warts (infraocular and preocular) and a bushy tuft of hair on the cheek."
    Cross Reference
    preocular antennæ   
     
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