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postorbital

Syllabification: (post·or·bit·al)
Pronunciation: /pōstˈôrbətl/
chiefly Zoology
Definition of postorbital

adjective

[attributive]
  • situated at the back of the orbit or eye socket, in particular denoting a process of the frontal bone that in some reptiles forms a separate bone.

noun

  • a postorbital bone.

postorbital in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of postorbital in the British & World English dictionary