| 释义 |
postocular, a. (n.) Anat. and Zool.|-ˈɒkjʊlə(r)|
[f. post- B. 2 + ocular.]
Situated behind the eye; post-orbital. b. ellipt. as n. A postocular scale, as in snakes.
1877Hallock Sportsman's Gaz. 209 Parallel curved white superciliary and postocular stripes. 1890Cent. Dict. s.v., Postocular lobes, anterior projections of the lower sides of the prothorax [in insects], impinging on the eyes when the head is retracted. |