postorbital

[ pohst-awr-bi-tl ]

/ poʊstˈɔr bɪ tl /

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adjective Anatomy, Zoology.

located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.

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Origin of postorbital

First recorded in 1825–35; post- + orbital

Words nearby postorbital

post obitum, post office, post-office box, postop, postoperative, postorbital, postpaid, postpartum, post-polio syndrome, postpone, postponement

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How to use postorbital in a sentence

Dorsally the origin is bounded by the base of the postorbital process and ventrally by the temporal process.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves|Robert L. Merz
Belodon has preorbital vacuities and postorbital vacuities, but the orbit of the eye is never large, as in Pterodactyles.
Dragons of the Air|H. G. Seeley
This bone is associated with the postorbital, subopercular and lacrimojugal on no. 788.
A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas|Joan Echols
The concave anterior margin bears pores of the postorbital part of the infraorbital line.
A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas|Joan Echols

It is drawn out laterally into an antorbital process in front of the eye, and a postorbital process behind it.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for postorbital

postorbital

/ (pəʊstˈɔːbɪtəl) /

adjective

anatomy situated behind the eye or the eye socket

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