Definition of "palpebra" []

• An eyelid. (noun)

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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."
• "This fold is lightly stretched over the edges of the eyelids, and forms, as it were, a third palpebra of a crescentic shape."
• "Sqiiatnae eapitis omnes parvae rctundataej dens molJis e palpebra fuperiore exiens. verfico - lur*"