Ablepharus
noun
Ableph·a·rus
āˈblefərəs
: a genus of Old World scincoid lizards with the lower eyelid reduced to a transparent cover fused to the upper lid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, irregular from a- entry 2 + Greek blepharon "eyelid"
First Known Use
1830, in the meaning defined above
- set-aside
- set-asides
- set-fair
- set-hands dial
- set-hedge
- set-in
- set-off man
- set-piece
- set-stitched
- set-to
- set-top box
- set-tos
- set/get tongues wagging
- set/lay great store by
- set/put (something) straight
- set/put someone straight
- set/put someone's mind at ease/rest
- set/put the record straight
- set/start a (new) trend
- seta
- setaceous
- setae
- setal
- setariae
- setarias