supraciliary, a. (n.) Anat. and Zool.
(s(j)uːprəˈsɪlɪərɪ)
[f. supra- 1 b, after superciliary.]
= superciliary; as n. applied spec. to the small scales attached to the eyelids in reptiles, below the supra-oculars.
| 1828–32 in Webster (citing Ure.) 1863 Huxley Man's Place Nat. ii. 76 In the Man,..the supraciliary ridges or brow-prominences usually project but little. 1874 Coues Birds N.W. 450 A yellowish suffusion about the head, and especially along the supraciliary stripe. 1903 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. II. 125 Five supraoculars,..10 or 11 supraciliaries. |