Lachrymal bone

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• lachrymal bone — n. very thin bone that forms the inner corner of the eye socket …   English contemporary dictionary

• Lachrymal — Lach ry*mal, a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See {Lachrymose}.] 1. Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland. [1913 Webster] 3. (Anat.) Pertaining to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lachrymal — /lak reuh meuhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to tears. 2. producing tears. 3. characterized by tears; indicative of weeping. 4. Anat. lacrimal (def. 2). n. 5. Also called lachrymal bone. Anat. See lacrimal bone. 6. lachrymatory ( …   Universalium

• lachrymal — lach·ry·mal || lækrɪml n. (Anatomy) lachrymal bone (bone of the inner corner of the eye); vessel used to collect the tears of the bereaved adj. of or pertaining to tears; producing tears, secreting tears; lacrimal, of or near the organs which …   English contemporary dictionary

• lachrymal groove — a small grove on the lower edge of the snout just above the upper lip, formed from a fold of skin under the edge of the lachrymal bone …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• lachrymal — [ lakrɪm(ə)l] (also lacrimal or lacrymal) adjective 1》 formal or literary connected with weeping or tears. 2》 (lacrimal) Physiology & Anatomy concerned with the secretion of tears. noun (lacrimal or lacrimal bone) …   English new terms dictionary

• lachrymal — the first, paired, dermal bone in the circumorbital series, the largest. Also called preorbital and also spelled lachrimal, lacrimal …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• nasal bone — a paired dermal bone occurring between the premaxilla and the prefrontal, antorbital or lachrymal on either side of the snout and usually enclosing the nares. Lepisosteus has three nasals, prenasal or rostral, adnasal or nasal and premaxillo… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• infraorbital bone — one of a series of dermal bones generally below the eye. Name applied to the first six circumorbital bones: infraorbital 1 (lachrymal or preorbital), infraorbital 2 (jugal), infraorbital 3 (true postorbital), infraorbitals 4 and 5, and… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• lachrimal — n. (Anatomy) lachrymal bone (bone of the inner corner of the eye); vessel used to collect the tears of the bereaved adj. of or pertaining to tears; producing tears, secreting tears; lacrimal, of or near the organs which secrete tears (Anatomy) …   English contemporary dictionary

• charadriiform — ▪ bird order Introduction    any member of the large group of birds (bird) that includes the sandpipers (sandpiper), plovers (plover), gulls (gull), auks (auk), and their relatives. These birds form an important and familiar segment of the… …   Universalium