'Nictitate' definitions:

Definition of 'nictitate'

From: WordNet
verb
Briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" [syn: blink, wink, nictitate, nictate]

Definition of 'Nictitate'

From: GCIDE
  • Nictitate \Nic"ti*tate\, v. i. [See Nictate.] To wink; to nictate. [1913 Webster]
  • Nictitating membrane (Anat.), a thin membrane, 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. [1913 Webster]

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