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ocellus
n.,
pl.L, dim. of oculus, EYE
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
o[cel4lar
adj.
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