Definition of "malar"

malar

/ˈmeɪlə/

adjective
not comparable
1. Pertaining to the cheek.
  Quotations
  Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.
  1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
noun
plural malars
1. (anatomy) The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.