Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ocellus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ocellus \O*cel"lus\, n.; pl. {Ocelli}. [L., dim. of oculus an
eye.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ocellus
n : an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies);
usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color
[syn: {eyespot}]
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