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eyebrow /eye·brow/ (-brou)

1. supercilium; the transverse elevation at the junction of the forehead and the upper eyelid.

2. supercilia; the hairs growing on this elevation.

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eye·brow (brou)

n.

1. The bony ridge that extends over the eye.

2. The arch of short hairs that covers this ridge.

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eyebrow

Etymology: AS, eage + bru

1 the supraorbital arch of the frontal bone that separates the orbit of the eye from the forehead.

2 the arch of hairs growing along the ridge formed by the supraorbital arch of the frontal bone.

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eyebrow

A transverse elevation covered with hairs and situated at the junction of the forehead and upper lid. Syn. supercilium. See ophryosis.