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Nictitation

//nɪktɪˈteɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Winking, blinking countable, uncountable

    "I saw a couple, later identified for me as Mr Colt, a local lawyer, and his wife, whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation."

  2. 2
    a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly wordnet

Etymology

From nictitate.

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