either of the two muscular folds of skin that can be moved to cover the exposed portion of the eyeball
▶ Related adjective: palpebral
2. Also called: clamshell aeronautics
a set of movable parts at the rear of a jet engine that redirect the exhaust flow to assist braking during landing
Examples of 'palpebra' in a sentence
palpebra
The microscopic appearances were almost identical with those of adult palpebra.
D. Kluchova, A. Bolekova, C. Heichel, A. J. Bron, I. Kozak 2010, 'NADPH-diaphorase expression in the Meibomian glands of rat palpebra in postnatal development',European Journal of Histochemistryhttp://www.ejh.it/index.php/ejh/article/view/1773. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
About 47.7% of the tumor grew in the superior palpebra.
P Yuliawati, N Piliantari-Meigawati 2013, 'EYE TUMOR PATIENTS AT TUMOR DIVISION EYE CLINIC SANGLAH GENERAL HOSPITAL BALI-INDONESIA',Bali Medical Journalhttps://balimedicaljournal.org/index.php/bmj/article/view/43. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)