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Nictitation

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Noun

1. blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink, winking

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

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Nictitation

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verb
technical words for blink (sense 1)

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Nictitation

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈnictiˌtated or ˈnictiˌtating
to wink or blink rapidly, as birds and other animals with a nictitating membrane do

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nictitation

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intr.v. nic·ti·tat·ed, nic·ti·tat·ing, nic·ti·tates also nic·tat·ed or nic·tat·ing or nic·tates
To wink.

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