NICTITATING

Etymology

Adjective

nictitating (comparative more nictitating, superlative most nictitating)

winking, blinking

Verb

nictitating

present participle of nictitate

Source: Wiktionary


NICTITATE

Nic"ti*tate, v. i. Etym: [See Nictate.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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