tearpit
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tearpit (plural tearpits)
- (anatomy) A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus or larmier.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tearpit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)