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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ocellus \O*cel"lus\, noun; 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ocellus
noun
1: an eye having a single lens [syn: {simple eye}, {stemma}]
2: an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color [syn: {eyespot}] [also: {ocelli} (pl)]
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