Found 2 items, similar to nictitate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nictitate
nictitate
v : briefly shut the eyes;
“The TV announcer never seems to
blink” [syn:
blink,
wink,
nictate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nictitate
Nictitate
\Nic"ti*tate\, v. i. [See
Nictate.]
To wink; to nictate.
[1913 Webster]
Nictitating membrane (Anat.), a thin membrane, found in
many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid,
of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the eyeball;
the third eyelid; the haw.
[1913 Webster]