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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Same as nictitation.

Wiktionary

  1. n. an act or instance of winking or blinking; a wink, a blink

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The act of winking; nictitation.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Etymologies

  1. From nictate. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “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

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  1. nictitation

hypernyms (8)

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  1. reflex action
  1. reflex response
  1. physiological reaction
  1. instinctive reflex
  1. inborn reflex
  1. reflex
  1. unconditioned reflex
  1. innate reflex

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  1. palpebration

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