Earlid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Earlid is a noun meaning An imaginary fold of skin that would allow the ear to be closed as the eye can be.
Meaning
An imaginary fold of skin that would allow the ear to be closed as the eye can be.
Example Sentences
But when one neighbor’s leaf blower sets off another neighbor’s car alarm, hey, where are my earlids?
But wouldn't earlids be useful too? Possibly. But not so useful that without them earlid-less animals would die out[…]
There is no such thing as an earlid. The ear is always open, always supplementing its primary materiality, always multiplying the singularity of perception into the plurality of experience.
Word Forms
- earlids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eyelid, epiblepharon, epicanthus, eardrum, auricle, epitarsus.
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