eyelid

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  1. noun Either of two folds of skin and muscle that can be closed over the exposed portion of the eyeball.

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  1. from Middle English egelid, ehelid, eelid, eeled (= OFries. āghlid, āchlid = Dutch ooglid = German augenlid); from eye + lid.
 

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/ˈaɪlɪd/
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