nictitate

(nik′tə tāt′)

to wink or blink rapidly, as birds and other animals with a nictitating membrane do

Origin: < ML nictitatus, pp. of nictitare, freq. < L nictare, to wink: see connive

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intransitive verb nic·ti·tat·ed also nic·tat·ed, nic·ti·tat·ing also nic·tat·ing, nic·ti·tates also nic·tates

To wink. See Synonyms at blink.

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Origin: Medieval Latin nictitāre, nictitāt-

Origin: , frequentative of Latin nictāre

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