Meanings
adjectiveorbitotemporal (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to the orbit (of the eye) and the temple
The anterior edge of the maxilla is strongly concave at the base of the ascending process leaving a crescent-shaped portion of the supraoccipital process of the frontal anterior to a well-defined transverse orbitotemporal crest.
2015 September 3, “From Problem Taxa to Problem Solver: A New Miocene Family, Tranatocetidae, Brings Perspective on Baleen Whale Evolution”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with orbitotemporal
temporalintertemporalspatiotemporalfrontotemporalatemporalanterotemporalantitemporalauriculotemporalbasitemporalbasotemporalbiotemporalbitemporalcentrotemporalcorticotemporalcotemporaldorsotemporalextratemporalgeotemporalhypertemporalinferotemporalinfratemporalintratemporalisotemporallaterotemporal
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APA
orbitotemporal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orbitotemporal
MLA
“orbitotemporal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orbitotemporal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orbitotemporal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orbitotemporal.
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