"nictitate" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from nictitating.",
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      "form": "nictitates",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to wink or blink"
      ],
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          "wink",
          "wink"
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          "blink",
          "blink"
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        "(transitive) to wink or blink"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "nictitation"
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        {
          "word": "nictitating membrane"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɪktɪteɪt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nictitate"
}

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      "form": "nictitates",
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      "form": "nictitating",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "nictitated",
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    },
    {
      "form": "nictitated",
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        "past"
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        "to wink or blink"
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        "(transitive) to wink or blink"
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