supercilium

Nemo in severissima Stoicorum familia qui non barbam quoque et supercilium amplexibus uxores submiserit, aut in ista parte a reliquis dissenserit.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

-- A more robust and thick-set animal than the two last; deep, woolly, black fur; no white supercilium nor white round the face.

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

-- "This species is generally recognisable by its pale yellowish, almost white hands and feet, by the grey, almost white, supercilium, whiskers and beard, and by the deep black of the rest of the pelage."

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

Another is praised for the masses of her dark hair: _Frons nimirum coronata, supercilium nigrata_.

Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Various 1866

"Yes, I know very well Monk calls you his friend, but he has too penetrating an eye not to have a memory, and too lofty a brow not to be very proud, you know, _grande supercilium_."

The Vicomte De Bragelonne Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

It has a heavier bill than either of the Yellowlegs and the supercilium goes back of the eye.

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

The sides of their breasts are almost always the same colour as their topside, and they usually have a lighter supercilium ("eyebrow") with brownish cheeks.

The Guardian World News 2010

Latin had terms for ` eyebrow 'and ` eyelid' that were the sources of the French ones (Lat supercilium and palebra), but ` eyelash 'evidently caused trouble.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3 1993

Pokorny, echoing predecessors, suggested that cilium meant the lower lid and supercilium the upper (553).

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3 1993

There is a broad white supercilium in front, joining the white area of the sides of the face, so that the brown of the nose is reduced to a rather narrow band; ears almost naked, a few short whitish hairs near the edge only; whiskers nearly all white; a few of the upper hairs brown near the base; feet white above, naked beneath, tail light brown above, whitish beneath; towards the end a band of darker brown hairs runs along the upper portion, those at the end lengthened; but there is

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870