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Nictitation

noun
1.
A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly.  Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, wink, winking.






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"Nictitation" Quotes from Famous Books



... forbidden regions, like a bewildered comet that had lost its way. With what a soft sweet light every star glowed! No matter what its magnitude, the stream that flowed from it looked calm and holy. No twinkling, no scintillation, no nictitation, disturbed their pure and lambent gleam. No atmosphere here interposed its layers of humidity or of unequal density to interrupt the stately majesty of their effulgence. The longer he gazed upon them, the more absorbing became their ...
— All Around the Moon • Jules Verne



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