postorbital

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Behind the orbit of the eye.

   the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles

2. noun A postorbital bone or scale.

Similar words

postsuborbital retroorbital paraorbital preorbital retro-orbital anteorbital suborbital superorbital interorbital infraorbital

Often followed by

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