a. (sb.) [ad. L. suboculāris: see SUB- 1 b and OCULAR. Cf. F. suboculaire.] Situated below or under the eyes.

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1826.  Kirby & Sp., Entomol., xlvi. IV. 315. [Stemmata] Subocular…. When placed in the space below the eyes.

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1835–6.  Todd’s Cycl. Anat., I. 307/2. In the Woodpeckers it [sc. the nasal gland] is found in the sub-ocular air-cell.

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1884.  Coues, N. Amer. Birds, 152. The curved subocular or maxillo-palatine bar.

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  b.  sb. A subocular scale.

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1897.  Günther, in Mary Kingsley’s W. Africa, 697. Two rows of minute suboculars.

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