Meaning

1 senses
  1. A transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles and some mammals.

    Nickhaut

    a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
transparent protective fold of skin:

Forms

plural: nictitating membranes

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals:third eyelid

See also

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