OCELLI

OCELLUS

eyespot, ocellus

(noun) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

ocelli

plural of ocellus

Anagrams

• Collie, collie

Source: Wiktionary


OCELLUS

O*cel"lus, n.; pl. Ocelli. Etym: [L., dim. of oculus an eye.] (Zoöl.) (a) A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates. (b) An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the peacock.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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