Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
ante-orbital . - noun In ichthyology, the preorbital bone.
- noun In ornithology, a bony plate morphologically the equivalent of the prefrontal of reptiles, standing at an obtuse angle to the interorbital septum and forming the anterior border of the orbit of the eye.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit.
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- adjective anatomy Situated to the
front of theorbit of theeye - noun anatomy The antorbital bone
Etymologies
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Examples
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While the specimen is about 1 m long, it only represents that part of the skull rostral to the antorbital fenestra.
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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And the presence of the glands in this location might explain another unusual aspect of metriorhynchid cranial anatomy, namely the strange elongate, groove-like antorbital fossae present in these animals (the antorbital fossa is an accessory opening present on the side of the skull in archosaurs).
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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And the presence of the glands in this location might explain another unusual aspect of metriorhynchid cranial anatomy, namely the strange elongate, groove-like antorbital fossae present in these animals (the antorbital fossa is an accessory opening present on the side of the skull in archosaurs).
My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006
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In Spinosaurus, the snout is not quite as long, proportionately, and the skull height begins to rise once you hit the antorbital fenestrae, sloping gradually toward the orbits.
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