Definitions for ocellus

ocellus o·cel·lus

Spelling: [oh-sel-uh s]
IPA: /oʊˈsɛl əs/

Ocellus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in ocellus (cellosu).

Definitions for ocellus

noun

  1. a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
  2. an eyelike spot, as on a peacock feather.

Origin of ocellus

1810-20; Latin: little eye, diminutive of oculus eye; see -elle

Examples for ocellus

When the ocellus includes a lunular spot of a different colour.

The lower margin or base of the dark-blue centre of the ocellus is deeply indented on the line of the shaft.

ocellus, Count of Nantes, and most of the inhabitants of Brittany, were buried in that city.

The usual markings occur, but there is no eye-spot, or ocellus, on the primaries.

The broken state of the black ring on the upper side of the ocellus in fig. 56 was pointed out.

I will next describe the other extreme of the series, namely the first trace of an ocellus.

An ocellus with a smaller near it, called also Sesquiocellus.

The King then sent Constantine and ocellus, but, seizing one under each arm, he bore them off likewise.

The shading above the white mark on the summit of the ocellus is here a little too dark.

Insects have two sets of organs for vision, the faceted eye and the so-called simple eye, or ocellus.

Word Value for ocellus
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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