■ noun Zoology a whitish membrane forming an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles, and some mammals.
Origin
C18: nictitating based on med. L. nictitat- 'blinked', frequentative of nictare .
■ noun Zoology a whitish membrane forming an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles, and some mammals.
Origin
C18: nictitating based on med. L. nictitat- 'blinked', frequentative of nictare .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004