About The Word Nictitate
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Nictitate
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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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