SUPERCILIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supercilium mean? 

• SUPERCILIUM (noun)
  The noun SUPERCILIUM has 1 sense:

1. the arch of hair above each eye

  Familiarity information: SUPERCILIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERCILIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The arch of hair above each eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

brow; eyebrow; supercilium

Hypernyms ("supercilium" is a kind of...):

hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)

Meronyms (parts of "supercilium"):

venae palpebrales (veins of the eyelids)

Holonyms ("supercilium" is a part of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)