📚 noun • entry_id 27254
nictitating membrane
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membrana nictitante
A transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles and some mammals.
2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalge…
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