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malar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malar has 1 sense
- malar(n = noun.body) cheekbone, jugal bone, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone - the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek; Array has parts: jugal point, jugale, arcus zygomaticus, zygoma, zygomatic arch, zygomatic process
is a kind of bone, os
is a part of skull
CIDE DICTIONARY
malar, a. [L. mala the cheek: cf. F. malaire.].
Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal. [1913 Webster]
malar, n.
The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit; that arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek; also called the malar bone . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
malar, adj. & n.
--adj. of the cheek.
--n. a bone of the cheek.
--adj. of the cheek.
--n. a bone of the cheek.
Etymology
mod.L malaris f. L mala jaw
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