(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located on or near the eyelids.

(zootomy) A dermal bone found near the eye socket of some animals.

simple past tense and past participle of palpate

present participle of palpate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palpate

plural of palpus

One who palpates. / A device for palpating. / (zoology, dated) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.

A small invertebrate arachnid of the taxonomic order Palpigradi.

(anatomy) A thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.

plural of palpebral fissure