postorbital

American  

[pohst-awr-bi-tl] / poʊstˈɔr bɪ tl /

adjective

Anatomy, Zoology.

1. located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.

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postorbital British  

/ pəʊstˈɔːbɪtəl /

adjective

1. anatomy situated behind the eye or the eye socket

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Etymology

Origin of postorbital

First recorded in 1825–35; post- + orbital

Example Sentences

Glenn, never one to sit long on his laurels, seems to have found a way to fill his postorbital time.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bones of origin included jugal, postorbital, postfrontal, parietal and squamosal.

From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Fox, Richard C.

Each of these postorbital processes, seen from beneath, appears to be the lateral extension of a shallow groove beginning near the midline.

From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)

In two specimens there are only scattered dark flecks on the dorsum; in the third there is a dark postorbital stripe, a dark lateral stripe, and four narrow transverse bands on the body.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.

Additionally, the postorbital region of Captorhinus is relatively longer than that of Protorothyris, a specialization that has increased the length of the chambers within.

From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Fox, Richard C.