malar
adjective
of or relating to the cheek or zygomatic bone.
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malar
1 American
[may-ler]
/ ˈmeɪ lər /
adjective
noun
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malars
plural
Mälar
2
American
[may-ler, -lahr]
/ ˈmeɪ lər, -lɑr /
noun
malar
British
/ ˈmeɪlə /
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of malar
1775–85; < New Latin mālāris of, pertaining to the cheek, equivalent to Latin māl ( a ) cheek, jaw ( see maxilla) + -āris -ar 1
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I knew he was thinking about malar and the fever.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
Laurillard, on the abnormal division of the malar bone in man.
From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
In Dimorphodon its hinder border is partly covered by the descending edge of the malar process which these animals develop in common with some Dinosaurs, and some Anomodont reptiles, and many of the lower mammals.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
He adduces, as another instance, the malar bone, which, in some of the Quadrumana and other mammals, normally consists of two portions.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin
The malar bone, and the os unguis or lachrymal, are more or less developed according to the species considered.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
On a Midsummer day the proprietor of the restaurant made a pleasure trip on the Lake of Mälar to Mariafred.
From Married by August Strindberg
The steamer left the Riddarholm pier at midnight, and took her way westward up the Mälar Lake to Södertelje.
From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor
Around its base on north and south dashed the foaming waters of the Mälar, seeking their outlet through a narrow winding channel to the Baltic.
From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson
All day long the gentle breezes blowing through the city streets, and the bright sun shining on the sparkling water of Lake Mälar, called to the children that spring had come in Stockholm.
From Gerda in Sweden by Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald
Centuries ago, hunters and fishermen built their rude huts on the wooded islands at the outlet of Mälar Lake.
From Gerda in Sweden by Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald
Strongly developed malars are common, and they tend to project laterally more than frontally.
From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Norman E. Gabel
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