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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek;
[syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

malar bone \malar bone\ n. Same as malar, n. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

malar \ma"lar\, n. (Anat.) 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. Syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

malar bone n 1: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]