postorbital

• post-orbital

From post- +‎ orbital.

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl

postorbital (not comparable)

1. Behind the orbit of the eye.

   the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles

postorbital (plural postorbitals)

1. A postorbital bone or scale.
   • 1925, Samuel Wendell Williston, "Chapter 1" in The Osteology of the Reptiles

     In the absence (e.g., Figs. 31 b, 33, 44, 45, etc.) of the intertemporal and supratemporals, the parietals articulate directly with the squamosals and postorbitals; in the Chelonia (Fig. 30) and Crocodilia, also directly with the pterygoids. Fused in most late reptiles (e.g., Figs. 69, 72).

• IPA^(key): /postoɾbiˈtal/ [pos.t̪oɾ.β̞iˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pos‧tor‧bi‧tal

postorbital m or f (masculine and feminine plural postorbitales)

1. postorbital