ocellus
IPA: oʊsˈɛɫʌs
noun
- A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
- An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail of a peacock.
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Examples of "ocellus" in Sentences
- Median ocellus occasionally present.
- Median ocellus absent in type series.
- Each ocellus has a black margin internally.
- This eye is known as a pigment spot ocellus.
- Their larvae only possess a pit eye ocellus.
- An eyespot sometimes ocellus is an eye like marking.
- A dark apical spot or ocellus is present on the forewing.
- Fore wing uniform, with the usual single preapical ocellus.
- Median ocellus present in two of the three specimens examined.
- The median ocellus on the fore wing broadly encircled with white.