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Nictitating membrane and Shark

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Difference between Nictitating membrane and Shark

Nictitating membrane vs. Shark

The nictitating membrane (from Latin nictare, to blink) is a transparent or translucent third eyelid present in some animals that can be drawn across the eye from the medial canthus for protection and to moisten it while maintaining vision. Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.

Similarities between Nictitating membrane and Shark

Nictitating membrane and Shark have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Anatomical terms of location, Eye, Fish, Mammal.

Anatomical terms of location

Standard anatomical terms of location deal unambiguously with the anatomy of animals, including humans.

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Eye

Eyes are organs of the visual system.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Nictitating membrane and Shark Comparison

Nictitating membrane has 35 relations, while Shark has 340. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 1.07% = 4 / (35 + 340).

References

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