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Added 10 October 2026

ocellus

/əʊˈsɛləs/ noun

Latin root: ocellus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about ocellus at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An eye having a single lens.
An eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color.

Origin

From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”).

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