Postorbital

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:09:14

Post*or"bit*al (?), a. [Pref. post- + orbital.] Anat. & Zool.

Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles.

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n.

A postorbital bone or scale.

 

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