ocellation

[os-uh-ley-shuhn]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an eyelike spot or marking.
the state of having eyelike markings.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ocellation¹

1840–50; ocellate + -ion

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Example Sentences

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Besides, the collected foliage of the trees, when gazed at from beneath, presents a species of ocellation, to which that of the argus-pheasant is in some way assimilated.