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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  • 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