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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an eye having a single lens [syn: simple eye, stemma, ocellus]
2: an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color [syn: eyespot, ocellus]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural ocelli) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of oculus eye — more at eye Date: 1819 1. a minute simple eye or eyespot of an invertebrate 2. an eyelike colored spot (as on a peacock feather or the wings of some butterflies) • ocellar adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. ocelli) 1 each of the simple, as opposed to compound, eyes of insects etc. 2 a spot of colour surrounded by a ring of a different colour on the wing of a butterfly etc. Derivatives: ocellar adj. ocellate adj. ocellated adj. Etymology: L, dimin. of oculus eye

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ocellus O*cel"lus, n.; 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.