ocellus

ocellus
noun (plural ocelli) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of oculus eye — more at eye Date: 1819 1. a minute simple eye or eyespot of an invertebrate 2. an eyelike colored spot (as on a peacock feather or the wings of some butterflies) • ocellar adjective

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  • OCELLUS — nomen floris eximii, Oeillet, de quo sic Franc. Pomey, Ocellus, anne sic dictus, quod in eius aspectu blandissime acquiescat oculus, an quod ipsemet sit hortorum oculus et ornamentum? Nihil certe spectare oculus possit, vel eius formosius formâ;… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ocellus — (lat.), 1) Äuglein; 2) so v.w. Auge 3) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • ocellus — [ō sel′əs] n. pl. ocelli [ō sel′ī΄] [L, dim. of oculus,EYE] 1. the simple eyespot of certain invertebrates, as distinguished from the compound eye of an insect or the camera type eye of vertebrates and cephalopods 2. an eyelike spot, as on a… …   English World dictionary

  • Ocellus — An ocellus (plural: ocelli) is a type of photoreceptor organ in animals. Also called simple eyes , ocelli are miniature eyes capable of sensing light but not distinguishing its direction. See also stemmata, which are structurally similar. Ocelli… …   Wikipedia

  • Ocellus — Gesichtspartie eines Triops mit zwei Komplexaugen und einem Ocellus Als Ocellus (lat. „Äuglein“, Mehrzahl Ocelli bzw. Ocellen) werden in der Zoologie die punktförmigen Lichtsinnesorgane (Punktaugen) und Hautaugen verschiedener Tiergruppen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ocellus — (plural ocelli)) an eye like spot, usually rounded with a lighter border, e.g. the ocellus on the wings of some Rajidae …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Ocellus Lucanus — Ocellus Lucanus, a Pythagorean philosopher, born in Lucania in the 5th century BC, was perhaps a pupil of Pythagoras himself. Stobaeus (Ecl. Phys. i. 13) has preserved a fragment of his Περὶ νόμου (if he was really the author) in the Doric… …   Wikipedia

  • Ocellus Lucanus — Ocellus Lucanus, s. Okellos …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ocellus Lucanus — d.h. O. aus Lukanien (Großgriechenland), ein um 500 v. Chr. lebender Philosoph, der noch den Unterricht des Pythagoras genossen haben soll. Diogenes Laertius erwähnt mehre Schriften von ihm, die Echtheit einer noch vorhandenen Abhandlung über die …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • OCELLUS Indicus — Gall. Oeillet d Inde, nomen itidem floris, quem, nisi terrâ enascentem cerneremus et ceterorum more surgentem solô, quis Florem crederet, ac non potius circum incisam eleganti opere, ex auro crispo, sphaerulam? Sane, non aeque specioso flavescit… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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