nictitating membrane
11nictitating membrane — noun a transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles and some mammals …
12nictitating membrane — noun a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals • Syn: ↑third eyelid • Hypernyms: ↑protective fold • Hyponyms: ↑haw • Part Holonyms: ↑eye, ↑ …
13Membrane nictitante — La membrane nictitante d un Vanneau soldat. La membrane nictitante d un poulet. La membrane nictitante est une troisième paupière transparente ou translucide que possèdent certains animaux qui recouv …
14membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m …
15nictitating eyelid — a membrane which covers the eye, an eyelid, found particularly in sharks …
16nic|tat|ing membrane — «NIHK tay tihng», = nictitating membrane. (Cf. ↑nictitating membrane) …
17palpebra tertia — nictitating membrane …
18chondrichthian — /kon drik thee euhn/, n. any member of the class Chondrichthyes, comprising the cartilaginous fishes. [ < NL, equiv. to chondr CHONDR + Gk ichthýes (pl.) fish] * * * ▪ fish class Introduction class name Chondrichthyes, or Selachii any… …
19haw — hȯ n NICTITATING MEMBRANE esp an inflamed nictitating membrane of a domesticated mammal * * * (haw) 1. popular term for nictitating membrane. 2. haw syndrome …
20Shark — Taxobox name = Shark fossil range = Late Devonian Recent image width = 250px image caption = Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis =… …
