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Definition of Nictating
1. nictate [v] - See also: nictate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nictating
Literary usage of Nictating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The nictating membrane, of which only a rudiment exists in the quadrumana and
... The nictating membrane of birds is furnished with two manifest muscles. ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1826)
"The use of this nictating membrane cannot be for a moment dubious. It is denied
to man and to monkies, because they, having hands, can with their ..."
3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"The nictating membrane is attached in the usual manner to the antero-superior
part of the eyeball, which latter possesses a deep encasement of ..."
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