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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek;
[syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Malar \Ma"lar\, a. [L. mala the cheek: cf. F. malaire.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

malar \ma"lar\, n. (Anat.) The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit; that arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek; also called the malar bone. Syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

malar n 1: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]