foveate

American

[foh-vee-it, -eyt] / ˈfoʊ vi ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

Also foveated

adjective

Biology.

First recorded in 1850–55; fove(a) + -ate ¹

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Once you know where someone is looking, how you foveate?

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Foveate: with foveae or pit-like depressions.

From Project Gutenberg

Lateral foveolae: in Orthoptera: foveate depressions on the margins of the vertex near the front border of the eye.

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Median foveola: in Orthoptera; the foveate depression of the vertex between the eyes: = central foveola.

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