PROTECTIVE FOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protective fold mean? 

• PROTECTIVE FOLD (noun)
  The noun PROTECTIVE FOLD has 1 sense:

1. a flap of tissue that protects what it covers

  Familiarity information: PROTECTIVE FOLD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTECTIVE FOLD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flap of tissue that protects what it covers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("protective fold" is a kind of...):

flap (a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protective fold"):

eyelid; lid; palpebra (either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye)

nictitating membrane; third eyelid (a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals)