preocular

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Just in front of the eyes.

   the preocular antennae of certain insects

2. noun One of the scales just in front of the eye of a reptile or fish.

Similar words

anteocular preophthalmic preoptic postocular preoculomotor anteorbital preorbital precorneal postorbital prestriate

Often followed by

tear and is scale spine in scales on region