superciliary
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the eyebrow.
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having a conspicuous line or marking over the eye, as certain birds.
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situated on the frontal bone at the level of the eyebrow.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of superciliary
First recorded in 1725–35; supercili(um) + -ary
Example Sentences
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A pronounced superciliary arch makes for a darker area below eyebrows.
From Forbes ● Jun. 7, 2013
There is green “eye shine” from the tapetum lucidum, and a more pronounced superciliary arch.
From Forbes ● Jun. 7, 2013
I have personally known the mistake to be made with syphilitic affections causing pain, respectively, in the superciliary region, in the malar bone, the jaw near the mental foramen, and the parietal eminence.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
The superciliary ridges often project and give the beetling brow that is sometimes so remarkable.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
In dark color of the superciliary stripe the specimens in question are referable to T. t. townsendii.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
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