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Answer for the clue "A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows ", 8 letters:
glabella

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges [syn: mesophyron ] [also: glabellae (pl)]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Glabella is a genus of small tropical and warm-water sea snails , marine gastropod molluscs in the family Marginellidae , the margin snails.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"space between the eyebrows," 1590s, Modern Latin, properly fem. of adj. glabellus "without hair, smooth," diminutive of glaber "smooth, bald," from PIE *gladh- "smooth" (see glad ).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glabellum \Gla*bel"lum\, n.; pl. Glabella . [NL. See Glabella .] (Zo["o]l.) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite .

Usage examples of glabella.

With dissecting scissors he undermined the septum along its sides and up over the bones as far as the glabella, at the top of the nose.