supraorbital ridge

noun

Anatomy.

1. browridge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of supraorbital ridge¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

While a fake eyebrow scandal would rule, the photographic record shows Justin Trudeau’s left eyebrow grows thicker on the bottom along the supraorbital ridge.

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—Moderate to strongly developed supraorbital ridges are a common Fijian endowment.

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The supraorbital ridges are not very massive, although prominent to such a degree that, when the skull rests on the occipital condyles and on the teeth, the plane of the orbits is almost vertical.

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He more than made up for his lack of cranial growth, however, by his great, shaggy, bristly brows, black as jet and firmly anchored to jutting supraorbital ridges.

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