Cellspot

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A circular marking found on the wings of some butterflies and moths; orbicular stigma.

    "A heavily suffused fuscous median fascia separates the cellspots and widens towards the hindmargin where it fuses with the postmedian fascia"

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"A heavily suffused fuscous median fascia separates the cellspots and widens towards the hindmargin where it fuses with the postmedian fascia"

Etymology

From cell + spot.

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