suborbital stay

A backwards extension of the third circumorbital bone (part of the lateral head/cheek skeleton, below the eye socket) across the cheek to the preoperculum, to which it is connected in most species [wikipedia].

Type Bone
Parent Structure skeletal element projection

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What is the suborbital stay?
A backwards extension of the third circumorbital bone (part of the lateral head/cheek skeleton, below the eye socket) across the cheek to the preoperculum, to which it is connected in most species [wikipedia].

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