eyelid has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye

Synonyms

lid palpebra

Examples

"his lids would stay open no longer"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

Molten glare singed their eyelids an angry crimson ; suffocating air sapped their strength and strained their nerves to snapping ; dust choked their throats and lay like acid in their lungs .

(Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)

`` Uhhu '' , she said , hardly listening as she studied her left eyelid .

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