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Verb: nictate
  1. Briefly shut the eyes
    - blink, wink, nictitate

Derived forms: nictates, nictating, nictated

See also: nictation

Type of: act involuntarily, act reflexively

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Nicotiana alata
Nicotiana glauca
Nicotiana rustica
Nicotiana tabacum
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
nicotine
nicotine addiction
nicotine poisoning
nicotinic acid
nictate
nictation
nictitate
nictitating membrane
nictitation
NICU
Nidaros
nidation
NIDDM
nide
nidicolous