palpebra

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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