Definition of Ocellus. Meaning of Ocellus. Synonyms of Ocellus

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Definition of Ocellus

Ocellus
Ocellus O*cel"lus, n.; pl. Ocelli. [L., dim. of oculus an eye.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates. (b) An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the peacock.

Meaning of Ocellus from wikipedia

- The term "ocellus" (plural ocelli) is derived from the Latin oculus (eye), and literally means "little eye". In insects, two distinct ocellus types exist:...
- Look up ocellus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An ocellus is a simple eye found in invertebrates, in which pigment is distributed randomly and for...
- The pigment spot ocellus is an ocellus that contains only part of its cells pigmented. It is characteristic of jellyfish, sea stars, and flatworms. "Eye...
- An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking. They are found in butterflies, reptiles, cats, birds and fish. Eyespots could be explained in at...
- Pseudo-Ocellus Luc****. In two apocryphal letters that Archytas allegedly sent to Plato, he mentioned that he had talked with the descendants of Ocellus and...
- E.(?) ocellus male...
- Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Season 8 and 9, voicing the role of Ocellus. She also does the English dubbing for the hit anime series Beyblade Burst...
- Gibberula ocellus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae. MolluscaBase (2018). Gibberula ocellus (Dall, 1927)...
- Insect morphology A- Head B- Thorax C- Abdomen antenna ocellus (lower) ocellus (upper) compound eye brain (cerebral ganglia) prothorax dorsal blood vessel...
- there is a naupliar ocellus (the "third eye") between them. The compound eyes are on the surface of the head, but the ocellus is deep within the head...