palpebra

2 definitions found

palpebra - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Palpebra \Pal"pe*bra\, n.; pl. Palpebr[ae]. [L.] (Zool.)
     The eyelid.
     [1913 Webster]

palpebra - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  palpebra
      n 1: either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or
           open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" [syn:
           eyelid, lid, palpebra]