nictitans

Putty-nosed monkeys Cercopithecus nictitans in West Africa use two main sounds—pyows and hacks—to warn each other about predators.

SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

De Brazza's monkey Cercopithecus neglectus, greater white-nosed monkey Cercopithecus nictitans and bush pig Potamochoerus porcus have been discovered here since 1980, and Buchanan has also recorded rock hyrax Procavia ruficeps more than 200 km west of the nearest known population.

Manovo-Gounda-St Floris National Park, Central African Republic 2009

Anteriorly it is protected by the _eyelids_, and in birds by a third eyelid that corresponds to the membrana nictitans of quadrupeds.

Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig

SYMPTOMS: Conjunctivitis and inflammation of the membranes of nictitans are very much the same.

The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek

I took a stuffed snake into the monkey-house, and the hair on several of the species instantly became erect; especially on their tails, as I particularly noticed with the Cereopithecus nictitans.

The expression of the emotions in man and animals 1898

Cartilago nictitans, or winking cartilage (the haw), description, 276

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

The first symptoms which attract the attention of the owner is difficulty in chewing and swallowing, an extension of the head and protrusion over the inner part of the eye of the membrana nictitans, or haw.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

The apparent squinting of the eye in distemper is caused by the probably unequal protrusion of the membrana nictitans over a portion of the eye at the inner canthus, in order to protect it from the light.

The Dog William Youatt 1811

see also revenge putty-nosed monkeys Cercopithecus nictitans, 180

SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

This condition does not last for more than a few days, when the animal is again observed to present a dull and dejected appearance, and on examination well-marked symptoms are found; the skin is hot, the temperature more or less elevated -- 101. 7° to 104° F.; the pulse full and frequent -- 56 to 64 beats a minute; the visible mucous membranes may appear clean, but the conjunctival membranes, especially those covering the membrana nictitans, are usually the seat of dark-red patches of ecchymosis, varying in size in different animals.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877