Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Occurring before the orbit, as of an artificial satellite, has been established.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Placed in front of the orbit of the eye.
- noun In ichthyology, a bone in front of the eye which belongs to fhe suborbital series of dermal bones. It usually bears a sensory tube continued from the suborbitals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Situated in front or the orbit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Occurring before an
orbit is established. - adjective anatomy Situated in front of the
orbit .
Etymologies
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pre- + orbital
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Examples
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Hirola - Called the 'four-eye antelope' because its preorbital glands look like a second set of eyes.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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Quinn grunted and busied himself with preorbital checks.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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The animal has a markedly elongated face with large warts, particularly the infraorbital wart and the smaller preorbital and mandibular warts.
11 The Bearded Pig 1983
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