Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Marked with two eye-like spots, as the wings of some insects.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Having two ocelli, or eye-like spots.

Etymologies

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Latin bis twice + ocellatus. See ocellated.

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