Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having an ocellus or ocelli.
- adj. Resembling an ocellus.
- adj. Having spots.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having or marked by ocelli. Having ocelli, as an insect's eye.
- Marked with or noting spots having a dark center and a lighter outer ring, as the spots on the tail of a peacock and on the wings of many butterflies.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Resembling an eye.
- adj. Marked with eyelike spots of color.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having ocelli
Etymologies
- Latin ocellātus, having little eyes, from ocellus, diminutive of oculus, eye; see ocellus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I was wondering on a tureky species that is located in the Yucatan penensula called the ocellated tureky i look up pictures and loved them. but it is not cheap to hunt these rare turkeys. i wanted to go ocellated hunting but was not sure if it was worth it if anyone has ever been ocellated turkey hunting and has more to offer if you could reply below or email me at Andyhess4123@aol.com. thank you”
“Gonatodes ocellatus, ocellated gecko, adult male by Daniel Scantlebury — This species is found only on rocky slopes on Tobago and Little Tobago Island.”
Photography contest: Finalists, General Category - The Panda's Thumb
“Gonatodes ocellatus, ocellated gecko, adult male by Daniel Scantlebury — This species is found only on rocky slopes on Tobago and Little Tobago Island.”
Photography contest: Finalists, General Category - The Panda's Thumb
“Two endemic birds, the ocellated thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum), bridled sparrow (Aimorphilla mystacalis), and one plant, locally called tetecho (Lemairocereus weberi), inhabit this region.”
“The annual burning of pasture land affects some nesting birds in the area, particularly the endangered ocellated turkey.”
“The avifauna comprises 333 species, representing 63 of the 74 families in Guatemala, and includes ocellated turkey Agriocharis ocellata (LR), Sarcorhamphus papa, Crax rubra, Penelope purpurascens, red macaw Ara macao, jaribu stork Jaribu mycteria and many others, including crested eagle Spizaetus ornatus.”
“Other studies have been conducted on the protection of the endangered ocellated turkey, sedimentation, and social sciences.”
“Bird surveys have recorded 306 species, including black-hawk eagle Spizaetus tyrannus, ocellated crake Micropygia schomburgii, greater rhea Rhea americana, Brazilian merganser Mergus octocetaceus (CR) and dwarf tinamu Taoniscus nanus (VU).”
“However only four species are strict endemics: regal girdled lizard (Cordylus regius), dwarf wolf snake (Cryptolycus nanus), ocellated flat lizard (Platysaurus ocellatus), and Platysaurus oshaughnessyi.”
“I shot this ocellated turkey while on my backback's inaugural trip.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ocellated’.
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Interesting words
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
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Bird Wirds: Adjectives
Adjectives used in actual (non-taxonomic) bird names, past and present.
roseate, glossy, whooping, neotropic, pelagic, ferruginous, crested, whiskered, marbled, tufted, horned, eared and 818 more...
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Discovered in the Word Museum
Words found in Jeffrey Kacirk's "The Word Museum"
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Tweets
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reesetee There's a thought. :-) Nov 29, 2007
yarb Maybe Latin is descended from Nahuatl. Nov 29, 2007
reesetee Signed, No Problem. :-) Nov 29, 2007
chained_bear Signed, So Lazy I Didn't Even Read Your First Post Properly.
Sorry... Nov 29, 2007
reesetee "Similar" as in having the same basic definition? Because I haven't found anything linking the two. "Ocellus" is a diminutive of the Latin for eye, "oculus."
Signed, Too Lazy to Look Too But Since You Made Me Wonder, I Looked Nov 28, 2007
chained_bear I bet ocelot comes from a similar root though. Signed, Too Lazy to Look. Nov 28, 2007
reesetee I thought that too. But apparently the words are not related. Ocelot comes from (prepare yourself) tl�?l�?cél�?tl, which was apparently an arbitrary shortening of the Nahuatl (Aztec) word made from tl�?l(li) (earth, land) + �?cél�?tl (jaguar). Ocellated comes from Latin ocell�?tus, which means "having little eyes."
Who knew? Nov 28, 2007
yarb Like the ocelot? Nov 28, 2007
reesetee Having ocelli--eyelike spots.
Marshmallow peeps spring to mind. Nov 28, 2007