earlid

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Definition of earlid

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

An imaginary fold of skin that would allow the ear to be closed as the eye can be.

“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.”
“But when one neighbor’s leaf blower sets off another neighbor’s car alarm, hey, where are my earlids?”

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From ear + lid.

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