nictitating membrane

  • 121popeyes — Synonyms and related words: baby blues, banjo eyes, bright eyes, bug eyes, clear eyes, cockeyes, cornea, cross eyes, eye, eyeball, eyelid, goggle eyes, iris, lens, lid, naked eye, nictitating membrane, oculus, optic, optic nerve, orb, organ of… …

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  • 122pupil — Synonyms and related words: apprentice, auditor, autodidact, baby blues, banjo eyes, beginner, bright eyes, catechumen, clear eyes, cornea, disciple, educatee, eye, eyeball, eyelid, goggle eyes, inquirer, iris, learner, lens, lid, monitor, naked… …

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  • 123retina — Synonyms and related words: baby blues, banjo eyes, bright eyes, clear eyes, cornea, eye, eyeball, eyelid, goggle eyes, iris, lens, lid, naked eye, nictitating membrane, oculus, optic, optic nerve, orb, organ of vision, peeper, popeyes, pupil,… …

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  • 124haw — haw1 noun the red fruit of the hawthorn. Origin OE haga, of Gmc origin, prob. related to hedge. haw2 noun the third eyelid or nictitating membrane in certain mammals, especially dogs and cats. Origin ME (denoting a discharge from the eye): of… …

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  • 125third eyelid — noun informal term for nictitating membrane …

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  • 126haw — I [[t]hɔ[/t]] v. i. 1) to utter a sound representing a hesitation or pause in speech 2) a hesitation; pause • Etymology: 1625–35; imit. II haw [[t]hɔ[/t]] interj. 1) (used as a word of command to a horse or other draft animal, usu. directing it… …

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  • 127third eyelid — third′ eye′lid n. zool. nictitating membrane …

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  • 128NM — • near miss; • neomycin; • neuromedical; • neuromedin; • neuromuscular; • neuronal microdysgenesis; • neuronal mode; • neutrophil migration; • nictitating membrane; • nitrogen mustard; • nocturnal myoclonus; • nodular melanoma; • nodules with… …

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