ocellated

[ os-uh-ley-tid, oh-sel-ey-tid ]

/ ˈɒs əˌleɪ tɪd, oʊˈsɛl eɪ tɪd /

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adjective

(of a spot or marking) eyelike.

having ocelli, or eyelike spots.

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Also oc·el·late

[os-uh-leyt, oh-sel-it, -eyt]. /ˈɒs əˌleɪt, oʊˈsɛl ɪt, -eɪt/.

Origin of ocellated

First recorded in 1705–15; from New Latin ocellāt(us), equivalent to ocell(us) “little eye” + -ātus adjective suffix + English -ed past participle suffix; see origin at ocellus, -ate¹, -ed²

Words nearby ocellated

Ocean Springs, ocean sunfish, Oceanus, Oceanus Procellarum, ocellar, ocellated, ocellated turkey, ocellation, ocellus, ocelot, och

How to use ocellated in a sentence

No distinct tufts of scales or knobs appear, and the ocellated region is traversed by four or five dark longitudinal lines.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882|Various
Species with ring-spots sometimes have nuclei, and ocellated larv in some cases possess only a pale spot instead of a dark pupil.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
Lucasii, Walk., offers another instance of the retention of the subdorsal line by an ocellated species.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
In Lycæna agestis both sexes have wings of a brown colour, bordered with small ocellated orange spots, and are consequently alike.
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I (1st edition)|Charles Darwin

This bamboo shows as its middle figure an Argus pheasant with its two long ocellated tail-feathers.
Evolution in Art|Alfred C. Haddon