malar

¹ American  

[mey-ler] / ˈmeɪ lər /

adjective

1. of or relating to the cheek or zygomatic bone.

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noun

1. Also malar bone zygomatic bone.

Mälar ² American  

[mey-ler, -lahr] / ˈmeɪ lər, -lɑr /

noun

1. Lake, a lake in S Sweden, extending W from Stockholm. 440 sq. mi. (1,140 sq. km).

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malar British  

/ ˈmeɪlə /

adjective

1. of or relating to the cheek or cheekbone

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noun

1. Also called: malar bone.  another name for zygomatic bone

Other Word Forms

• intermalar adjective

Etymology

Origin of malar

1775–85; < New Latin mālāris of, pertaining to the cheek, equivalent to Latin māl ( a ) cheek, jaw ( maxilla ) + -āris -ar ¹

Example Sentences

I knew he was thinking about malar and the fever.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

Female similar, but without the scarlet malar patch.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

He adduces, as another instance, the malar bone, which, in some of the Quadrumana and other mammals, normally consists of two portions.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles

In the ox and the sheep, it articulates with a process of the malar bone.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

The back of the head of Archæopteryx is imperfectly preserved in the region of the quadrate bone, malar arch, and temporal vacuity.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.