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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTORBITAL

postorbital  [pəʊstˈɔːbɪtəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTORBITAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Postorbital is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES POSTORBITAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

postorbital

Postorbital bone

The postorbital is one of the bones in vertebrate skulls which forms a portion of the dermal skull roof and, sometimes, a ring about the orbit. Generally, it is located behind the postfrontal and posteriorly to the orbital fenestra. In some vertebrates, the postorbital is fused with the postfrontal to create a postorbitofrontal.

Definition of postorbital in the English dictionary

The definition of postorbital in the dictionary is situated behind the eye or the eye socket.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTORBITAL


amobarbital
ˌæməʊˈbɑːbɪtəl
anteorbital
ˌæntɪˈɔːbɪtəl
capital
ˈkæpɪtəl
cubital
ˈkjuːbɪtəl
cucurbital
kjuːˈkɜːbɪtəl
digital
ˈdɪdʒɪtəl
fatal
ˈfeɪtəl
hospital
ˈhɒspɪtəl
infraorbital
ˌɪnfrəˈɔːbɪtəl
interorbital
ˌɪntərˈɔːbɪtəl
little
ˈlɪtəl
obital
ˈɒbɪtəl
orbital
ˈɔːbɪtəl
pentabarbital
ˌpɛntəˈbɑːbɪtəl
pentobarbital
ˌpɛntəˈbɑːbɪtəl
phenobarbital
ˌfiːnəʊˈbɑːbɪtəl
suborbital
sʌbˈɔːbɪtəl
supraorbital
ˌsuːprəˈɔːbɪtəl
title
ˈtaɪtəl
vital
ˈvaɪtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTORBITAL

postnatal ward
postnatally
postnati
postneonatal
Postnet
postnuptial
postocular
postoperative
postoperatively
postoral
postorgasmic
postpartum
postpartum depression
postperson
postpollination
postponable
postpone
postponement
postponence
postponer

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTORBITAL

barbital
congenital
decubital
frontier orbital
general hospital
genital
hexobarbital
human capital
marital
paid-in capital
recital
secobarbital
share capital
social capital
sodium pentabarbital
spital
teaching hospital
university hospital
venture capital
working capital

Synonyms and antonyms of postorbital in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «postorbital» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTORBITAL

Find out the translation of postorbital to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of postorbital from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «postorbital» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

眶后
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

postorbital
570 millions of speakers

English

postorbital
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

postorbital
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

postorbital
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заглазничное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

postorbital
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

postorbital
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

postorbital
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Postorbital
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

retroorbitalen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

眼窩後部の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

postorbital
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Postorbital
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

postorbital
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

postorbital
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्टोर्बिटल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

postorbital
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

postorbitale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

postorbital
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заочноямкової
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

postorbitală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οπισθοκογχική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

postorbital
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

postorbital
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

postorbital
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of postorbital

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTORBITAL»

The term «postorbital» is normally little used and occupies the 147.628 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTORBITAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about postorbital

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTORBITAL»

Discover the use of postorbital in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postorbital and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in ...
Right superficial temporal skull elements in side view, drawn to same approximate quadrate height. A, Archaeopteryx specimens as preserved with strongly procumbent quadrates: a, HMN 1880, in which the full extent of a probably postorbital ...
Gregory S. Paul, 2002
2
Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution: Adaptations and ...
Cartmill's hypothesis predicts that increasing the angular or planar deviation between the orbit and the temporalis fascia should lead to increased replacement of the postorbital ligament with postorbital processes and other stiffening structures ...
Matthew J. Ravosa, Marian Dagosto, 2007
3
Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families: Essays ...
Contact of postfrontal and jugal occurs in some squamates in which the postorbital contribution to the orbit is reduced and postorbital and postfrontal are separate (e.g., the teiids Callopistes and Tupinam- bis), but the plesiomorphic squamate ...
Richard Estes, Gregory K. Pregill, 1988
4
Tarsiers: Past, Present, and Future
However, the bony flanges that contribute to postorbital closure in Tarsius hardly impinge upon this region as much as they do in various New World monkeys ( even those that achieve only incomplete postorbital closure). Ca- tarrhines ...
Patricia C. Wright, Elwyn L. Simons, Sharon Gursky, 2003
5
In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods
Quadratojugal narrows dorsally. contacting only a small part of postorbital (0). or quadratojugal extends dorsally as a broad sheet contacting most of postorbital portion of postorbital bar ( 1 ) Supratemporal roofing bones 20. Frontals narrow ...
Nicholas C. Fraser, Hans-Dieter Sues, 1997
6
Majidae
... male first pleopod exceedingly varied but not as in Oregoniinae 3 3( 2) Eyes without orbits; eyestalks generally long, either non-retractile, or retractile against an acute postorbital spine affording no concealment; basal antennal article usually ...
D. J. G. Griffin, H. A. Tranter, 1986
7
Primate Adaptation and Evolution: 3rd Edn
In higher primates, and to a lesser extent in tarsiers, the orbit is further walled off behind by a bony partition, the postorbital plate; thus, the eyeball lies within a bony cup. This is described as postorbital closure. The functional significance of the ...
John G. Fleagle, 2013
8
Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia
6. Right postorbital (SM Kl l-0002) of Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae. slightly oblique caudolaterally with its greatest breadth at the caudal end and forms the dorsal rim of the orbit. Its lateral surface is smooth along the frontal and postorbital.
Eric Buffetaut, 2009
9
New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell ...
(A) Left squamosal in lateral view; (B) right squamosal in lateral view; right postorbital in (C) lateral and (D) dorsal views; right frontal in (E) medial and (F) dorsal views. Scale bars are 2 cm. quadratojugal of Asian protoceratopsids ( Makovicky ...
Michael J. Ryan, Brenda J. Chinnery-Allgeier, David A. Eberth, 2010
10
Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology
All modern primates have a bony postorbital bar (figure 14.2) with the eyes generally directed forward. The snout, or muzzle, is reduced in most primates, as are the A Figure 14.2 Strepsirhine skull. Three views (A) dorsal, (B) lateral, and ( C) ...
‎2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTORBITAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term postorbital is used in the context of the following news items.
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A New Oviraptorid Dinosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the …
The postorbital process of the jugal extends posterodorsally, where it is covered by the ventral process of the postorbital. The jugal process of ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
360-million-year-old tetrapod may have looked similar to a crocodile
They found that the reconstructed skull had a longer postorbital region and a more strongly hooked lower jaw than previously thought, making it ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
3
The Tet Zoo Guide to Gazelle Camels
... shared presence of an elongate rostrum, enlarged upper incisors, broad postorbital bar and other cranial characters (Whistler & Webb 2005). «Scientific American, Feb 15»
4
Nanuqsaurus Hoglundi: Alaska's 'Pigmy' T. Rex
... frontal; na, nasal contact surface; oif, oral intramandibular foramen; p, parietal; po.f, postorbital facet of frontal; prf.f, prefrontal facet of frontal;. «Science 2.0, Mar 14»
5
The Tet Zoo guide to mesosaurs
Mesosaurs have usually been regarded as anapsid – that is, as lacking bony openings in the postorbital or temporal region of the skull. «Scientific American, Jul 13»
6
Dinosauroids revisited, revisited
A small antorbital fenestra is still present: not entirely clear what's going on posterior to the postorbital bar, but I think that the opening there is ... «Scientific American, Oct 12»
7
In pursuit of Early Cretaceous crocodyliforms in southern England …
The postorbital bones are peculiar in shape and mean that the eye sockets are directed upwards and forwards. Indeed, Hooley (1907) wrote of ... «Scientific American, Sep 12»
8
Marsupial `dogs', `bears', `sabre-tooths' and `weasels' of island …
In contrast to other borhyaenoids, thylacosmilids were short-faced and some of them, at least, had a complete bony postorbital bar. T. atrox is ... «Scientific American, Jul 12»
9
Ryan et al.'s New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: a review
Ceratopsidae includes both the mostly long-frilled chasmosaurines with their long supraorbital, postorbital or brow horns, and the mostly ... «Scientific American, Apr 12»
10
A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China
... junction between the frontal and jugal processes of the postorbital, a large concavity on the lateral surface of the main body of the postorbital, ... «Nature.com, Apr 12»

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