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Definition of: ocellus
(ō·sel′əs) noun plural ·li (-ī)
1. Biol. A minute simple eye, as of many invertebrates.
2. A spot of color surrounded by a ring or rings of color as in the tail of a peacock. [<L, dim. of oculus eye]
—o·cel′lar adjective
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