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oc⋅el⋅lat⋅ed

  [os-uh-ley-tid, oh-sel-ey-tid]
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–adjective
1. (of a spot or marking) eyelike.
2. having ocelli, or eyelike spots.
Also, oc⋅el⋅late  [os-uh-leyt, oh-sel-it, -eyt] .

Origin:
1705–15; < NL ocellāt(us) (ocell(us) ocellus + -ātus -ate 1 ) + -ed 2
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oc·el·lat·ed   (ŏs'ə-lā'tĭd, ō'sə-, ō-sěl'ā'-)   
adj.  

  1. Having an ocellus or ocelli.

  2. Resembling an ocellus.

  3. Having spots.


[Latin ocellātus, having little eyes, from ocellus, diminutive of oculus, eye; see ocellus.]
oc'el·la'tion n.
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