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Webster 1913 Edition

Ocellus

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O-cel′lus

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Ocelli

(#)

.

[L., dim. of

oculus

an eye.]

(Zool.)

(a)

A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates.

(b)

An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the peacock.