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preocular, a. (n.)|priːˈɒkjʊlə(r)|
Also præ-.
[f. pre- B. 3 + L. ocul-us an eye + -ar1.]
A. adj. Situated in front of the eye: spec. applied to certain plates in the head of a reptile.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 316 Preocular... When antennæ are inserted before the eyes. 1852Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 522 The preocular bristly feathers blackish.
B. as n. One of the preocular plates of a scaled reptile, as a snake or lizard.
1890in Cent. Dict. |