a. and sb. Zool. [? irreg. f. LORE sb.3 + -AL.] = LORAL.
1849. J. E. Gray, Catal. Specim. Snakes Brit. Mus., 35. The frontal shields two pairs, small; loreal shield none.
1858. Günther, Catal. Colubrine Snakes Brit. Mus., 19. Homalosoma … one loreal, one anterior, two posterior oculars.
1878. Macalister, Morphol. Vertebr. Anim., 237. Dryadinæ … loreal often absent.
