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Definition of Superciliary
1. a. Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.
Definition of Superciliary
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the supercilium or eyebrow. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) A distinct streak of colour above the eyes, as in some birds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Superciliary
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superciliary
Literary usage of Superciliary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It generally lacks a bony superciliary arch; skin and eyes are brown to black;
the hair black, short and frizzly or woolly; the no« flat and broad; ..."
2. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"It is accompanied by the superciliary branch of the ophthalmic artery. This hole
is named the superciliary HOLE. c. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"superciliary shield In or- nith., a prominent plate or shelf projecting over ...
see superciliary.] The muscle of the brow which wrinkles the skin of the ..."
4. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1899)
"The walp is thickened, the hair coarse, thick, and harsh. The complexion is
usually sallow Fig. 188.—Face in acromegalia. Note enlarged superciliary ridge, ..."
5. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"The female has all the upper surface brown ; wings reddish brown, margined with
bright rufous ; tail rufous; over each eye a superciliary stripe of buffy ..."
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