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Ocellus

//əʊˈsɛləs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
  2. 2
    an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color wordnet
  3. 3
    An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail of a peacock.
  4. 4
    an eye having a single lens wordnet

Etymology

From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”).

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