Usually means: Third eyelid blinking for protection.
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  1. nictitating: Merriam-Webster
  2. nictitating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nictitating: Vocabulary.com
  4. nictitating: Wordnik
  5. nictitating: Wiktionary
  6. nictitating: Dictionary.com
  7. nictitating: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. nictitating: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nictitating: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nictitating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. nictitating: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  winking, blinking

Similar:
wink, nictate, blink, winksome, awink, pinky, pink, awiggle, oscitant, twinkly, more...

Opposite:
non-nictitating, non-blinking, steady-eyed

Phrases:
nictitating membrane, nictitating membranes, nictitating spasm, nictitating eyelid, nictitating membrane flap, more...

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Similar:
wink, nictate, blink, winksome, awink, pinky, pink, awiggle, oscitant, twinkly, more...

Opposite:
non-nictitating, non-blinking, steady-eyed

Phrases:
nictitating membrane, nictitating membranes, nictitating spasm, nictitating eyelid, nictitating membrane flap, nictitating membrane prolapse, more...



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