Meanings
adjectiveoctonocular (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving eight eyes.
Spiders are mostly octonocular[…]
1815, Cotton Mather, The Christian Philosopher, page 1581 more example
The Tarantula (d) is a Spider of Apulia, of the octonocular kind[…]
1745, Richard Mead, A mechanical account of poisons, page 102
Origin
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octonocular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octonocular
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“octonocular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octonocular. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “octonocular,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octonocular.
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