supraorbital
[soo-pruh-awr-bi-tl]
- situated above the eye socket.
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Origin of supraorbital
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The supraorbital flanges of the frontoparietals do not appear until all other cranial bones are ossified, or nearly so.
Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus SmiliscaWilliam E. Duellman
There is also a pit indicating the presence of a supraorbital sensory pore.
A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of KansasTheodore H. Eaton
Position of the supraorbital notch in relation to the posterior notch of the zygomatic plate.
Genera and Subgenera of ChipmunksJohn A. White
Juveniles of calidipes and sacki are alike in coloration but different in the extent of the supraorbital semicircle-series.
A New Subspecies of Lizard, Cnemidophorus sacki, from Michoacan, MexicoWilliam E. Duellman
Each bears a pore of the supraorbital line just below the midline.
supraorbital
- anatomy situated above the orbit
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supraorbital
(sōō′prə-ôr′bĭ-tl)- Located above the orbit of the eye.
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