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nounAn 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.
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nounan eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color
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Origin
- Latinocellus“little eye”
- Englishocellus
From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”).
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Bulgarian просто око
- просто око (prosto oko)simple eye consisting of a single lens
Catalan ocel
- ocelsimple eye consisting of a single lens
Chinese Mandarin 单眼, 眼斑
- 单眼 (dānyǎn)simple eye consisting of a single lens
- 眼斑eye-like marking in the form of a spot or ring
Finnish pistesilmä
- pistesilmäsimple eye consisting of a single lens
French ocelle, ocelle
- ocellesimple eye consisting of a single lens
- ocelleeye-like marking in the form of a spot or ring
German Augenfleck, Ozelle
- Augenflecksimple eye consisting of a single lens
- Ozellesimple eye consisting of a single lens
- Punktaugesimple eye consisting of a single lens
Hungarian pontszem
- pontszemsimple eye consisting of a single lens
Icelandic depilauga
- depilaugasimple eye consisting of a single lens
Irish súileog
- súileogsimple eye consisting of a single lens
Polish przyoczko, oczko
- przyoczkosimple eye consisting of a single lens
- oczkosimple eye consisting of a single lens
Spanish ocelo
- ocelosimple eye consisting of a single lens
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ocellus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocellus
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“ocellus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocellus. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ocellus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocellus.
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