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Ocellus(health)
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Nootka (iou) and ocellus (iou)


Nootka (iou)



Nootka adjective & noun. E19.
[Nootka Sound, an inlet on the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.]
A. adjective.
Designating trees and plants native to the Pacific coast of N. America. E19.
Nootka cypress a tall pyramidal cypress, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of western N. America; also called yellow cedar. Nootka fir the Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii. Nootka lupin a blue-flowered lupin, Lupinus nootkatensis, naturalized in Scotland.
Pertaining to or designating a N. American Indian people of Vancouver Island, or their Wakashan language. M19.
b. noun. Pl. same, -s. A member of the Nootka people; the language of this people. M19.
Nootkan adjective & noun (a) adjective of the Nootka or the language group Nootkan; (b) noun a Nootka; a group of Wakashan Languages including Nootka: M19.

ocellus (iou)



ocellus noun. . E19.
[Latin, dim. of oculus eye.]
Zoology. Each of the small simple, as distinct from the compound, eyes of insects, Other arthropods, etc.; a simple or rudimentary eye or visual spot which is sensitive to light but does not form a focused image. Also occas., a facet of a compound eye, an ommatidium. E19.
A coloured spot surrounded by a ring or rings of different colour, as on some feathers, butterflies' wings, etc.; an eyelike spot. E19.