Palpebra

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  • noun. An eyelid.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In anatomy, an eyelid.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The eyelid.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The eyelid.
    • 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
    • Word Usage
    "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."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    protective fold  
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