See Also: cat's-eye pupil(medicine)
pupil(dictionary)
day pupil(dictionary)
pupil(2)(dictionary)
pupil(1)(dictionary)
Pupil(health)
pupil(medicine)
occlusion of pupil(medicine)
keyhole pupil(medicine)
fixed pupil(medicine)

pupil(2) (iou)



pupil noun2. Also (earlier) pupilla. LME.
[Old & mod. French pupille or Latin pupilla, dim. of pupa girl, doll, pupil of the eye (so called from the tiny images visible in the eye).]
The opening in the centre of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to reach the retina.
J. D. MacDonald Her eyes were narrow, the pupils small.
pupilled adjective having a central spot in the ocellus (of a butterfly's wing or bird's feather) E19.
pupilless [-l-l-] adjective2 (of the eye) having no pupil M19.