PALPEBRAE

Noun

palpebrae

plural of palpebra

Source: Wiktionary


PALPEBRA

Pal"pe*bra, n.; pl. Palpebræ. Etym: [L.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The eyelid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 February 2025

BREAK

(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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