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 supratemporal is thus wedge-shaped and located between the parietal and the postorbital.

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

Relative width of the postorbital process at base. narrow to broad. broad. broad.

From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by White, John A.

Width of the postorbital process at base.—The postorbital process is broader at the base in the subgenus Eutamias and in the genus Tamias than in most species of the subgenus Neotamias.

From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by White, John A.

Laterally the parietal meets the medial angle of the postorbital and the medial border of the supratemporal.

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