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Nictitate

Nictitate Meaning & Definition
Nictitate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nictitate?

[v] briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nictitate: blink | nictate | wink

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nictitate:

See Also | act involuntarily | act reflexively | bat | flutter | palpebrate

Nictitate In Webster's Dictionary

\Nic"ti*tate\, v. i. [See {Nictate}.] To wink; to nictate. {Nictitating membrance} (Anat.), a thin membrance, found in many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid, of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the eyeball; the third eyelid; the haw.

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