ocellation
Americannoun
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an eyelike spot or marking.
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the state of having eyelike markings.
Etymology
Origin of ocellation
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.
From The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Reid, Mayne
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