ocellation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The development of eye-like markings, such as those on the wing of a butterfly or tail of a peacock. uncountable
    — In Pararge aegeria, increased dorsal hindwing ocellation (i.e., four spots) occurs in mid-summer (Parker, 1984; Shreeve, 1987).
  2. An eye-like marking; ocellus. countable
    — All that is left of the omnidirectional ball of intense eyes is the dual colour of the ocellations and the brilliant pattern they make, a fascinating, silky fan.

词形变化

ocellations plural

词源

From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”) + -ation.
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