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• Nictating

  [nik-ti-teyt] /ˈnɪk tɪˌteɪt/ verb (used without object), nictitated, nictitating. 1. to wink. /ˈnɪktɪˌteɪt/ verb 1. technical words for blink (sense 1) adjective of the eyes, winking or blinking v. “to wink,” 1822, from Medieval Latin nictitatus, past participle of nictitare, frequentative of Latin nictare “wink, blink,” related to nicere “to beckon,” from PIE root *kneigwh- […]

• Nictheroy

  [nik-tuh-roi, nee-] /ˌnɪk təˈrɔɪ, ˌni-/ noun 1. . /Portuguese niteˈrɔi/ noun 1. another name for Niterói

• Nictitate

  [nik-ti-teyt] /ˈnɪk tɪˌteɪt/ verb (used without object), nictitated, nictitating. 1. to wink. /ˈnɪktɪˌteɪt/ verb 1. technical words for blink (sense 1) v. “to wink,” 1822, from Medieval Latin nictitatus, past participle of nictitare, frequentative of Latin nictare “wink, blink,” related to nicere “to beckon,” from PIE root *kneigwh- “to lean on, to bend” (the eyelids […]

• Nictitating-membrane

  noun 1. a thin membrane, or inner or third eyelid, present in many animals, capable of being drawn across the eyeball, as for protection. /ˈnɪktɪˌteɪtɪŋ/ noun 1. (in reptiles, birds, and some mammals) a thin fold of skin beneath the eyelid that can be drawn across the eye Also called third eyelid, haw nictitating membrane […]

• Nictitation

  nictitation nic·ti·ta·tion (nĭk’tĭ-tā’shən) n. Winking.

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