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nictitating membrane
Also known as a third eyelid, a membrane found in many vertebrates that can be drawn horizontally across the eye. In birds it lubricates and cleans the eyeball without the necessity of blinking. It is present in a few , and in man is represented by the pink triangle of flesh in the corner of the eye.
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