Postocular

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  • adj. Situated behind the eyes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective-and-noun. Same as postorbital.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lying behind the eye (on the surface of the body of any animal); running back from the eye, as a streak of color; postorbital.
  • In entomology, situated behind or beneath the compound eyes.
  • n. Same as postocular shield.
  • Word Usage
    "The new species is distinguished from all congeners by having a melanistic color pattern, with head and dorsum of the body mostly dark-brown to black; absence of postocular stripe; venter grayish-brown, with dark rounded blotches outlining two lateral stripes which become gradually paler towards the posterior region of the belly, disappearing after midbody."
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