Post‐or″bit‐al (?), a. [Pref. post- + orbital.] (Anat. & Zoöl.) Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles. — n. A postorbital bone or scale.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.