Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Situated above the eyeball.
  • noun One of a series of scales lying above the region of the eye in reptiles. The supra-oculars cover a portion of the skull while the supraciliaries are attached to the eyelid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Above the eyes.
  • noun zoology One of the scales above the eyes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective located or occurring above the eye socket

Etymologies

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supra- +‎ ocular

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