ocellar

Variant of ocellus

noun pl. ocelli

  1. the simple eyespot of certain invertebrates, as distinguished from the compound eye of an insect or the camera-type eye of vertebrates and cephalopods
  2. an eyelike spot, as on a peacock's feathers

Origin: L, dim. of oculus, eye

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
link/cite print suggestion box