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postorbital

adj

Etymology

From post- + orbital.

  1. borrowed from orbitālis
  2. prefixed as postorbital — “post + orbital”

Definitions

  1. Behind the orbit of the eye.

    • the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles

  2. A postorbital bone or scale.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA