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Definition of Ocelli
1. ocellus [n] - See also: ocellus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ocelli
Literary usage of Ocelli
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"When there are three ocelli, the double nature of the median ocellus is shown by
... 150) all of the ocelli are situated in the front; but in most insects, ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"In Sir John Lubbock's great "Monograph of the Thysanura", there appear some errors
concerning the ocelli of certain genera of the Collembola; he state that ..."
3. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1855)
"On a former occasion tI pointed out the curious circumstance that the male
individuals of this genus have ocelli at the sides of the head, instead of the ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"In Sir John Lubbock's great "Monograph of the Thysanura", there appear some errors
concerning the ocelli of certain genera of the Collembola; he state that ..."
5. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1888)
"Only two distinct groups of ocelli, anterior or sub-lateral: cerebral groups ...
Only median lateral groups of ocelli are present: or else the median and ..."
6. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1897)
"wing-feathers, which are ornamented with numerous ocelli. ... In all the species
the ocelli on the wings and tail are either circular or oval, ..."
7. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"The ocelli. Detailed accounts have recently been given of the development of the
ocelli ... There are, on each side, six ocelli •which, according to PATTEN, ..."
8. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1907)
"of the eyes and ocelli back and lighter from that line to the mouth A few white
... extending towards the clypeus The ocelli are mounted in three beautiful ..."
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