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n. - The arch of hair above each eye.

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  • It has a heavier bill than either of the Yellowlegs and the supercilium goes back of the eye.
  • Pokorny, echoing predecessors, suggested that cilium meant the lower lid and supercilium the upper (553).
  • -- A more robust and thick-set animal than the two last; deep, woolly, black fur; no white supercilium nor white round the face.
  • 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.
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