malar
adjective
of or relating to the cheek or zygomatic bone.
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malar
1 American
[mey-ler]
/ ˈmeɪ lər /
adjective
noun
malars
plural
Mälar
2
American
[mey-ler, -lahr]
/ ˈmeɪ lər, -lɑr /
noun
malar
British
/ ˈmeɪlə /
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of malar
1775–85; < New Latin mālāris of, pertaining to the cheek, equivalent to Latin māl ( a ) cheek, jaw ( see maxilla) + -āris -ar 1
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I knew he was thinking about malar and the fever.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
Thus far the chief difference in the Pterodactyle skull from that of a bird is in the way in which the malar arch is prolonged backward on each side.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
In the pig, ox, sheep, and horse, the external surface is traversed, to a greater or less extent, by a crest which is situated on the prolongation of the inferior border of the malar bone.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
In Dimorphodon its hinder border is partly covered by the descending edge of the malar process which these animals develop in common with some Dinosaurs, and some Anomodont reptiles, and many of the lower mammals.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
The lower arch includes the malar bone, which is in front in the single arch of mammals.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
"The Vikings had no such easy way as this of getting from Lake Mälar out into the Baltic Sea," said Lieutenant Ekman, coming up to find the children, and helping himself generously to the kringlor.
From Gerda in Sweden by McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell
Centuries ago, hunters and fishermen built their rude huts on the wooded islands at the outlet of Mälar Lake.
From Gerda in Sweden by McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell
Through all that summer and autumn Gustavus Vasa had been cooped up in his hiding-place on the Mälar.
From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Watson, Paul Barron
In the meantime the little party of four—Lieutenant Ekman, with Erik and the twins—were sailing across the eastern end of Lake Mälar toward the Södertelje Canal.
From Gerda in Sweden by McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell
On a Midsummer day the proprietor of the restaurant made a pleasure trip on the Lake of Mälar to Mariafred.
From Married by Strindberg, August
Strongly developed malars are common, and they tend to project laterally more than frontally.
From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Gabel, Norman E.
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