malar(n = noun.body) cheekbone, jugal bone, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone - the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek;
is a kind of bone, os
is a part of skull
has parts: jugal point, jugale, arcus zygomaticus, zygoma, zygomatic arch, zygomatic process

   Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal. [1913 Webster]

   The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit; that arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek; also called the malar bone. [1913 Webster]

malar, adj. & n.
--adj. of the cheek.
--n. a bone of the cheek.

Etymology:
mod.L malaris f. L mala jaw

malar bone