pupillate

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adjective

Having a central spot of another color, like the pupil of the human eye.

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Meanings

adjectivepupillate (not comparable)

alternative pupillated

  1. not comparablebiologyHaving a central spot of another color, like the pupil of the human eye.

    […] pupillate gray rings.

    1971, The Moths of America North of Mexico, Including Greenland, page 129
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    […] the anterior segments being dilated and having a large pupillate spot on either side representing the eye of the snake.

    1870, The Zoologist, page 1988

Origin

From pupil + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

pupillate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pupillate

MLA

“pupillate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pupillate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pupillate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pupillate.

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