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eyelid

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  1. eyelid (noun)
  2. white-eyelid monkey (noun)

eye·lid

noun \ˈī-ˌlid\

Definition of EYELID

: either of the movable folds of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball
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Examples of EYELID

  1. the upper eyelid of the left eye

First Known Use of EYELID

13th century

Rhymes with EYELID

amid, bifid, equid, forbid, grandkid, Madrid, nonskid, resid, schoolkid, trifid

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