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Meanings of ocellus in English

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.

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Examples for "eyespot"
Examples for "eyespot"
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However, the role of chloroplasts in eyespot formation is not understood.
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The 'piece de resistance' of the back wing, is the eyespot.
Moths of the Limberlost: A Book About Limberlost Cabin
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Like human eyes, though, that eyespot makes use of light-sensitive proteins.
Wired
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These results suggest that light-shielding property of the eyespot is essential for determination of phototactic sign.
Pubmed
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Suction pipette recordings have revealed that flash stimulation causes calcium currents into the eyespot and the flagella.
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Usage of ocellus in English
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Sanconiathon, Manetho, Berosus, and Ocellus Lucanus, have all attempted it in vain.
The Vicar of Wakefield
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Lucanus, Ocellus, after Pythagoras, opened a school in Italy, 653-l.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
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The doctrine of Ocellus was the general doctrine everywhere, it naturally occurring to all to make the same distinction.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
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'Sanchoniathon, Manetho, Berosus, and Ocellus Lucanus!' said Guy, smiling.
The Heir of Redclyffe
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It is in conformity with the principle adopted afterwards by the Pythagoreans, and expressed by Ocellus in another form;
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...