malar bone

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

malar bone
    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}]

from 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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

malar bone \malar bone\ n.
   Same as {malar}, n.
   [PJC]

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