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palpebra
"An eyelid", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Alexander Read (1586?–1641). From classical Latin
palpebra
eyelid from
palpāre
+
-bra
, feminine form corresponding to
-brum
, suffix forming instrumental nouns.