| 单词 | nictitating membrane |
| 释义 | nictitating membrane (once / 211060 pages) n WORD FAMILY nictitating membrane USAGE EXAMPLESA nictitating membrane lowered itself over her eyes. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex: A Novel(2002) The eye is provided with a nictitating membrane or third eyelid, at the base of which open the ducts of the Harderian gland. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) Haw, haw, n. the nictitating membrane or third eyelid, as of a horse; also a disease of this membrane. Various, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictio...(2012) n a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals Syn|Hypo|Hyper third eyelid haw the nictitating membrane of a horse protective fold a flap of tissue that protects what it covers |
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