nictate
7 letters · verb · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr
verb
briefly shut the eyes
Nictate in a sentence
Gently I pressed my quivering sting along her rolling salty eyeball. ‘Goody-goody,’ she said nictating.
In the absence of stimulation, C. elegans dauers are lethargic and generally immobile but nictate vigorously when disturbed.
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