1. located behind or after the eye socket
Usage: anatomy

1. a bone located behind the eye socket in some vertebrates
Usage: anatomy

Examples

• The postorbital bone is well-developed in many reptiles.
• Scientists examined the postorbital region of the fossil skull.
• The postorbital bar helps protect the eye in primates.
• This species has a distinctive postorbital process.
• The postorbital area showed signs of injury.
• Researchers measured the postorbital width of the specimen.