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Definition of Subocular
1. Adjective. Situated on or below the floor of the eye socket. "A suborbital bone"
Definition of Subocular
1. a. Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye.
Definition of Subocular
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Below the eye. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subocular
Literary usage of Subocular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"... Gml. Green; beneath whitish ; throat vertical and subocular spot white; length
seven inches. China. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by George Albert Boulenger (1895)
"... a scaly process at base of ventrals. Anal fin with three spines. subocular lamina
of suborbital produced behind in a pointed process. ..."
3. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1905)
"... between the latter and the nuchal spine an oblique crest tearing several small
spines; subocular Flu. 'JH. ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1840)
"Generic Character,—Head short, flattened rounded in front ; a great occipital
scale and large subocular plates. No palatine teeth. ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... the postocular series, but this plate we believe also to be a subocular formed
from the apex of the second labial that would normally enter the orbit. ..."
6. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1876)
"The only representative of any part of the subocular arch of the adult, ...
Again, at the sides of the Frog's skull there is a subocular arch (PI. ..."
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