Definition of "epicanthic"

epicanthic

adjective
not comparable
1. (anatomy, of a fold of skin) That partially covers the inner angle of the eye.
  Quotations
  Along the dimming shore of broken fence and rubble and over the sparse colonies of jakelike dwellings a new curse falling, a plague of bats, small basilisks pugnosed with epicanthic eyes and upreared dogs' ears filled with hair and bellies filled with agony.
  1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 215
  Still white, but this time there is a hint of epicanthic fold about her eyes.
  2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 331