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superciliary

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su·per·cil·i·ar·y  (spr-sl-r)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or being in the area of the eyebrow: the superciliary arch of the frontal bone.
2. Located over the eyebrow or the eye: a superciliary patch of color.
[New Latin superciliris, from Latin supercilium, eyebrow; see supercilious.]
superciliary [ˌsuːpəˈsɪlɪərɪ]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) relating to or situated over the eyebrow or a corresponding region in lower animals
[from New Latin superciliaris, from Latin supercilium, from super- + cilium eyelid]
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A tall young man, with light hair, clear gray eyes, and thin and compressed lips, dressed in a blue coat with beautifully carved gold buttons, a white neckcloth, and a tortoiseshell eye-glass suspended by a silken thread, and which, by an effort of the superciliary and zygomatic muscles, he fixed in his eye, entered, with a half-official air, without smiling or speaking.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
His profile, although of a very ordinary outline, had something powerful and severe about it; his eyes sparkled beneath a very deep superciliary arch, like a light in the depths of a cave; and beneath his cap which was well drawn down and fell upon his nose, one recognized the broad expanse of a brow of genius.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
 
 
 
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