frontis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of frontis
< Spanish, apparently alteration of frente front
Example Sentences
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Among them we picked up part of a human skull—the os frontis with the sockets of the eyes and part of the bones of the nose still attached to it.
From The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Lee, Ida
It did heal up, though not so well as Margaret wished—a frightful scar extended over the os frontis, directly to the high cheek-bone.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
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