ocelo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ocellus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈsɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈsɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈsɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈsɛ.lu/

Noun

ocelo m (plural ocelos)

1. (zoology) eye (mark on an animal resembling an eye)
2. (zoology) the eye of arthropods

Further reading

• “ocelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ocellus.

Noun

ocelo m (plural ocelos)

1. (zoology) eye (mark on an animal resembling an eye)
2. (zoology) the eye of arthropods

Further reading

• “ocelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28