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单词 nictitation
释义 nictitation|nɪktɪˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. type *nictitātiōn-em: see nictitate v. and -ation.]
Winking; the action or habit of moving the eyelids. Also transf.
1784–6E. Darwin Zoon. (1801) I. 268 Other catenations of animal motion are gradually acquired..by disagreeable sensations, as in coughing or nictitation.1831Fraser's Mag. III. 653, I know by that satisfactory nictitation of your eye that you agree with me.1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 107 There is often a nictitation of the lids.1962V. Nabokov Pale Fire 160 A couple..whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation.
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