Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having an ocellus or ocelli.
- adjective Resembling an ocellus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or marked by ocelli.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling an eye.
- adjective Marked with eyelike spots of color.
- adjective (Zoöl.) the wild turkey of Central America (
Meleagris ocellata ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, resembling or having an
ocellus - adjective
spotted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having ocelli
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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
The Ocellated Turkey 2009
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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 2010
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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 2010
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Two endemic birds, the ocellated thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum), bridled sparrow (Aimorphilla mystacalis), and one plant, locally called tetecho (Lemairocereus weberi), inhabit this region.
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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).
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The annual burning of pasture land affects some nesting birds in the area, particularly the endangered ocellated turkey.
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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.
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Other studies have been conducted on the protection of the endangered ocellated turkey, sedimentation, and social sciences.
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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.
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I shot this ocellated turkey while on my backback's inaugural trip.
ucutz il chican (Ocellated Turkey) Field Notes 2006
reesetee commented on the word ocellated
Having ocelli--eyelike spots.
Marshmallow peeps spring to mind.
November 28, 2007
yarb commented on the word ocellated
Like the ocelot?
November 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ocellated
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?
November 29, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ocellated
I bet ocelot comes from a similar root though. Signed, Too Lazy to Look.
November 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ocellated
"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
November 29, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ocellated
Signed, So Lazy I Didn't Even Read Your First Post Properly.
Sorry...
November 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ocellated
Signed, No Problem. :-)
November 29, 2007
yarb commented on the word ocellated
Maybe Latin is descended from Nahuatl.
November 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ocellated
There's a thought. :-)
November 29, 2007