malar
adjective
of or relating to the cheek or zygomatic bone.
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malar
1 American
[mey-ler]
/ ˈmeɪ lər /
adjective
noun
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malars
plural
Mälar
2
American
[mey-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
Jerdon, who has in some measure adopted these remarks, adds that the tail is more tufted, and the malar beard is well marked.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
Thus far the chief difference in the Pterodactyle skull from that of a bird is in the way in which the malar arch is prolonged backward on each side.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
In the ox and the sheep, it articulates with a process of the malar bone.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
The malar or cheek bones are joined to the upper jawbones, and help form the sockets of the eyes.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
We are off to Upsala; the paddles strike the waters of the Mälar, and we shoot away from the picturesque city of Stockholm.
From Pictures of Sweden by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
You probably know the present condition of Lake Mälar?
From The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Velma Swanston Howard
Hardly daring to show his face lest he should be shot down by the soldiers of the king, he betook himself to a farm owned by his father on the south shore of the Mälar.
From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson
Leaving the sea again, a short canal conducts the voyager into Lake Mälar, celebrated for its cluster of islands.
From The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands by Anonymous
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
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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