Usually means: Eyebrow or stripe above eye.
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  1. supercilium: Merriam-Webster
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  7. Supercilium: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  9. supercilium: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  11. Supercilium: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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  3. supercilium: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (supercilium)

noun:  (anatomy, rare) The eyebrow (arch of hair above each eye).
noun:  The region of the eyebrows.
noun:  (anatomy) The overhanging margin of a bony cavity (as of the acetabulum).
noun:  (zoology) A superciliary marking or structure, especially in a bird.
noun:  (architecture, classical) The narrow fillet above the cymatium of a cornice.
noun:  A fillet above and below the scotia of an Attic base.
noun:  The lintel or transverse part of a door frame.
noun:  (rare, humorous) Superciliousness, haughtiness; an instance of this, a supercilious demeanor.

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