SUPERCILIARY ARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superciliary arch mean? 

• SUPERCILIARY ARCH (noun)
  The noun SUPERCILIARY ARCH has 1 sense:

1. a ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket

  Familiarity information: SUPERCILIARY ARCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERCILIARY ARCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

superciliary arch; superciliary ridge; supraorbital ridge; supraorbital torus

Hypernyms ("superciliary arch" is a kind of...):

ridge (any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane)