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Cheekbone   Listen
noun
cheekbone  n.  The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
Synonyms: zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum.





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"Cheekbone" Quotes from Famous Books



... she knew it. Felicite had told her how the garrison had rushed after Dominique to rescue her, and of the struggle in the stairway of the tower. Dominique bore an ugly cut, half-healed yet, reaching from his right eyebrow across the cheekbone—the gash of an Indian knife. Bateese could steer with his left hand only; his right he carried in a sling. And the two men lying at this moment by Father Launoy's feet had taken their wounds for her sake. Unjust she had ...
— Fort Amity • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


Words linked to "Cheekbone" :   zygomatic process, jugal bone, arcus zygomaticus, malar bone, jugal point, jugale, zygomatic, bone


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