ocellated

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

/ ˈɒs əˌleɪ tɪd, oʊˈsɛl eɪ tɪd /

(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/.

1705–15; < New Latin ocellāt(us) (ocell(us) ocellus + -ātus -ate¹) + -ed²

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
Their orange flanks and ocellated sides were sufficiently characteristic.
The Forest Exiles|Mayne Reid
Other figures of ocellated turkeys show but little in addition to the points just discussed.
Animal Figures in the Maya Codices|Alfred M. Tozzer and Glover M. Allen
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