Eyestripe

Quick meaning: Eyestripe is a noun meaning (zoology) A stripe on each side of the head of an animal that includes the eye, and is of a different colour from the rest of the head; in particular (ornithology) such a stripe on each side of the head of some birds.

Meaning

(zoology) A stripe on each side of the head of an animal that includes the eye, and is of a different colour from the rest of the head; in particular (ornithology) such a stripe on each side of the head of some birds.

Example Sentences

Dama. [i.e., the dama gazelle] Horns hooked forward at the ends; body white; dorſal and eye-ſtripes tawny.

MALIMBA BEE-EATER. [...] Cinereo-violaceous Bee-Eater, sanguine rose-coloured beneath, with black eye-stripe, white throat, and two lengthened tail-feathers.

The eye-stripe is exactly that: a stripe through the eye. When present, this is a dark line that usually extends from the bill back through the eye. On some birds, it extends just from the eye back, leaving the lores (the area between the eye and the bill) pale and unmarked.

The plumage pattern of the red-backed shrike male is conspicuous from a long distance. This pattern, not the feathering, is all-important since a plain plastic model is as effective as a stuffed mount in eliciting mobbing by pied flycatchers. Removal of the conspicuous eye stripe (including the equally dark eye) renders the model almost ineffective[…].

Word Forms

• eyestripes
• eye-stripe

Synonyms for eyestripe

Depending on context, synonyms include eyeline.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eye-stripe, eyeline, vitta, eyeplate, ocular, supraloral.

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