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superciliary, a. (n.)|s(j)uːpəˈsɪlɪərɪ|
[ad. mod.L. superciliāris, f. supercilium: see supercilium and -ary2. Cf. F. sourcilier.]
Of or pertaining to the eyebrow, or to the region of the eyebrow; supra-orbital.
superciliary arch or superciliary ridge, a prominence of the frontal bone, over the eye, produced by the development of the frontal sinuses; also, in various animals, a prominence consisting of the projecting upper edge of the orbit itself.
1732Monro Anat. Bones ii. (ed. 2) 86 The Foramina, or Holes,..of the frontal Bone,..one in each superciliary Ridge [etc.]. Ibid., The superciliary Foramina,..often instead of a Hole, a Notch only is to be seen. 1733G. Douglas tr. Winslow's Anat. (1756) I. 22 On the Outside [of the Os Frontis] we observe the following Eminences; two superciliary Arches, which form the upper Edge of each Orbit, or the Supercilia. 1813Prichard Phys. Hist. Man 57 The superciliary arches scarcely to be perceived. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 667 The Supra-orbitar or Superciliary Artery... Arrived at the base of the orbit, after furnishing some minute ramifications to the periosteum and the two muscles above mentioned, it issues from that cavity by the superciliary notch. 1871Darwin Desc. Man II. xix. 316 The superciliary ridge is generally more strongly marked in man than in woman.
b. Situated over the eye; also transf. having a marking over the eye (cf. supercilious 3 b).
1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 19 Forehead,..middle head or crown,..hind head, or occiput. The lateral border of all three together constitutes the ‘superciliary line,’ that is, line over the eye. 1888P. L. Sclater Argentine Ornith. I. 51 Above grey, slight superciliary mark whitish.
B. n. A superciliary ridge or marking.
1864Thurnam in Mem. Anthrop. Soc. I. 144 The superciliaries are well marked, the orbits rather small. 1888P. L. Sclater Argentine Ornith. I. 97 Distinct superciliaries white. |