postorbital

== English == === Alternative forms === post-orbital === Etymology === From post- + orbital. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl === Adjective === postorbital (not comparable) Behind the orbit of the eye. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === postorbital (plural postorbitals) 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). == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /postoɾbiˈtal/ [pos.t̪oɾ.β̞iˈt̪al] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: pos‧tor‧bi‧tal === Adjective === postorbital m or f (masculine and feminine plural postorbitales) postorbital