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pre-orbital, a. (n.) Anat. and Zool.|priːˈɔːbɪtəl|
Also præ-.
[f. pre- B. 3 + orbit n. + -al1.]
A. adj. Situated in front of the orbit or eye-socket.
1852Dana Crust. i. 93 Præorbital tooth acute. 1881Mivart Cat 64 Each frontal bifurcates laterally into a sharp pointed ‘nasal process’ and a more obtuse ‘pre-orbital process’. 1886Guillemard Cruise Marchesa I. 214 The slight development of the pre-orbital fossa.
B. n. The pre-orbital bone or process.
1897Günther in M. Kingsley W. Africa App. iii. 709 Præorbital about half the area of the orbit. |