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ocellation

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oc⋅el⋅la⋅tion

  [os-uh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. an eyelike spot or marking.
2. the state of having eyelike markings.
Origin:
1840–50; ocellate + -ion
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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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