ocelo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ocellus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈsɛ.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈsɛ.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈsɛ.lu/
Noun
ocelo m (plural ocelos)
- (zoology) eye (mark on an animal resembling an eye)
- (zoology) the eye of arthropods
Further reading
- “ocelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
ocelo m (plural ocelos)
- (zoology) eye (mark on an animal resembling an eye)
- (zoology) the eye of arthropods
Further reading
- “ocelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024