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circumorbitals

Series of dermal bones surrounding the eye, including the suborbitals and supraorbitals.

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dermal bone
Bone-type ossifying directly from connective tissue membranes and thus lacking a cartilaginous predecessor. Tend to be more numerous in primitive fish forms.
suborbital
Located below or behind the orbit of the eye.
supraorbital
Located above the eye.

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