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nictitations

nictitations is the plural of nictitation.

Meaning of nictitation

Noun

nictitation (countable and uncountable, plural nictitations)

  1. Winking, blinking
    • I saw a couple, later identified for me as Mr Colt, a local lawyer, and his wife, whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation.1962, Vlamidir Nabokov, Pale Fire

Questions about nictitations

What is nictitations the plural of?
Nictitations is the plural of nictitation.

Words near nictitations in the dictionary

  1. nictitates
  2. nictitating
  3. nictitating membrane
  4. nictitating membranes
  5. nictitation
  6. nictitations
  7. NICU
  8. Niculescu
  9. NICUs
  10. nicy-nicy
  11. Nicæa

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