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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small bone in vertebrates on each side of the face below the eye socket, forming the prominence of the cheek.
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- noun The
cheekbone .
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- noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
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