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subocular, a. (n.)|səˈbɒkjʊlə(r)|
[ad. L. suboculāris: see sub- 1 b and ocular. Cf. F. suboculaire.]
Situated below or under the eyes.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 315 [Stemmata] Sub⁓ocular... When placed in the space below the eyes. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 307/2 In the Woodpeckers it [sc. the nasal gland] is found in the sub-ocular air-cell. 1884Coues N. Amer. Birds 152 The curved subocular or maxillo-palatine bar.
b. n. A subocular scale.
1897Günther in Mary Kingsley's W. Africa 697 Two rows of minute suboculars. |