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Definition of Supraocular
1. Adjective. Located or occurring above the eye socket.
Definition of Supraocular
1. a. Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.
Definition of Supraocular
1. Adjective. (zoology) Above the eyes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supraocular
Literary usage of Supraocular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1905)
"... supraocular, postocular, tympanic, parietal and nuchal spines present, the
tympanic duplicated (as an irregularity i in the type; parietal and nuchal ..."
2. Contributions to Biology by Hopkins Marine Station (1895)
"supraocular spines absent. Head 3; depth 3*. D.XIII-13; A. III, 7; lat. l. 75.
... supraocular spine wanting. A. III, 6-. Olivaceous, marbled with darker. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger (1894)
"A supraocular ; third upper labial entering the eye ; scales in 15 rows ; ven- trab
... No supraocular; third and fourth upper labials entering the eye; ..."
4. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"... in contact with frontal; a small posterior supraocular in contact ... being in
contact with the anterior supraocular throughout its whole length; ..."
5. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"... in contact with frontal; a small posterior supraocular in contact ... being in
contact with the anterior supraocular throughout its whole length; ..."
6. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1905)
"... supraocular, postocular, tympanic, parietal and nuchal spines present, the
tympanic duplicated (as an irregularity i in the type; parietal and nuchal ..."
7. Contributions to Biology by Hopkins Marine Station (1895)
"supraocular spines absent. Head 3; depth 3*. D.XIII-13; A. III, 7; lat. l. 75.
... supraocular spine wanting. A. III, 6-. Olivaceous, marbled with darker. ..."
8. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger (1894)
"A supraocular ; third upper labial entering the eye ; scales in 15 rows ; ven- trab
... No supraocular; third and fourth upper labials entering the eye; ..."
9. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"... in contact with frontal; a small posterior supraocular in contact ... being in
contact with the anterior supraocular throughout its whole length; ..."
10. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"... in contact with frontal; a small posterior supraocular in contact ... being in
contact with the anterior supraocular throughout its whole length; ..."
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