Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An eyelid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, an eyelid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The eyelid.
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- noun The
eyelid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin; see pāl- in Indo-European roots.]
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Latin
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Examples
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The aperture is in consequence rendered somewhat pyriform, the inner curvature being very obtuse, and in some individuals distorted by an angle formed where the fold crosses the border of the lower palpebra.
Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage William Edward Parry 1822
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This fold is lightly stretched over the edges of the eyelids, and forms, as it were, a third palpebra of a crescentic shape.
Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage William Edward Parry 1822
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A teacher was heard to profess
That teenaged boys are a mess
Discussion of algebra
Will close up their palpebra-
Wide open for bras in a dress.
April 16, 2016