subocular, a. (n.)
(səˈbɒkjʊlə(r))
[ad. L. suboculāris: see sub- 1 b and ocular. Cf. F. suboculaire.]
Situated below or under the eyes.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 315 [Stemmata] Sub⁓ocular... When placed in the space below the eyes. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 307/2 In the Woodpeckers it [sc. the nasal gland] is found in the sub-ocular air-cell. 1884 Coues N. Amer. Birds 152 The curved subocular or maxillo-palatine bar. |
b. n. A subocular scale.
| 1897 Günther in Mary Kingsley's W. Africa 697 Two rows of minute suboculars. |