单词 | subocular |
释义 | subocularadj.n. Zoology. A. adj. Situated below or under the eye. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > situated near subocular1801 interocular1826 preocular1826 postocular1830 antorbital1837 anteocular1846 periophthalmic1886 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. 260 It has the subocular sinus that is common to most, though not all, of the antelope tribe. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 307/2 In the Woodpeckers it [sc. the nasal gland] is found in the sub-ocular air-cell. 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 152 The curved subocular or maxillo-palatine bar. 1961 Copeia No. 1. 84/2 The position of the subocular groove and the condition of the skull bones and the feet may be paedomorphic characters. 2007 M. O'Shea Boas & Pythons of World 79/1 A series of up to eight small subocular scales, which serve to prevent contact between the supralabials and the eye itself. B. n. A subocular scale in a reptile. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > hard or protective covering > scale > situated below eyes subocular1860 1860 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1859 338 Snout rounded, depressed,..slender undivided subocular. 1897 A. Günther in M. H. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. (ed. 2) 697 Two rows of minute suboculars. 1938 Amer. Midland Naturalist 20 414 The facial markings are characteristic; the loreal region is heavily marked with black; upper parts of suboculars are edged with black. 1971 J. W. Steward Snakes of Europe v. 76 Behind the small loreal is a large preocular and below this a small subocular. 2005 Jrnl. Herpetol. 39 142 Characters that distinguish this taxon..are small adult size,..suboculars separated from lower primary temporal by an upper labial, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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