Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
nictitation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of winking; nictitation.
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- noun an act or instance of
winking orblinking ; awink , ablink
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
Etymologies
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Examples
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The membrane of nictation is an accessory eyelid common to all domestic animals, the purpose of which is to remove foreign substances from the eye in much the same manner as we use the hand.
The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek
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As these fruits rotted and partially split on the ground, they exposed substrate projections—crystalized sugars and protruding flesh—which served as bases for towers as well as for a large number of worms individually lifting their bodies to wave in the air (nictation).
Scientists Just Discovered a Lost Ancient Culture That Vanished Becky Ferreira 2025
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As these fruits rotted and partially split on the ground, they exposed substrate projections—crystalized sugars and protruding flesh—which served as bases for towers as well as for a large number of worms individually lifting their bodies to wave in the air (nictation).
Scientists Just Discovered a Lost Ancient Culture That Vanished Becky Ferreira 2025
mollusque commented on the word nictation
Also nictitation.
October 5, 2008