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PUPILLATE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PUPILLATE is ocellated—used of a color spot.
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PUPILLATE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
having a spot of a different colour in the middle. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. pupillate in British English 2.
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pupillate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From pupil + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Adjective. edit. pupillate (not comparable). (zoology) Having a central spot of another color ...
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pupillate
▪ I. pupillate, a. rare. (ˈpjuːpɪlət) Also pupilate. [ad. mod.L. pūpillāt-us, f. pūpilla pupil n.2: see -ate2 2.] = pupilled.1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Pūpillātus, applied to the wings of birds and of butterflies when they present circular spots of divers colours, representing..an eye, and in the centr...
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pupillate, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective pupillate is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for pupillate is from before 1834, in the writing of Thomas Say.
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Pupillate - definition of pupillate by The Free Dictionary
having a spot of a different colour in the middle. pupillate. (ˈpjuːpɪˌleɪt). vb (intr). obsolete to cry in the manner of a peacock.
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pupilled
pupilled, pupiled, a. (ˈpjuːpɪld) [f. pupil n.2 + -ed2.] Having a central spot in the ocellus resembling a pupil; pupillate.1819 G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 421 Noctua pupillata. The pupilled Dart. 1895 A. G. Butler in Proc. Zool. Soc. 19 Mar. 254 Small ocelli..touched with black, and pupilled wi...
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PUPILATE - The Open Dictionary
Definition: - To become dilated, as the pupil of the eye. Example: - Her pupils dilated in the dim light. Antonyms. constrict contract narrow. Sinonyms.
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pupillate - Idiom
Having a pupil-like appearance; marked by the presence of pupils or eye-like spots. Example. The flower had pupillate markings that resembled small eyes.
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pupillate Related Words - Merriam-Webster
Words related to pupillate: indented, cryptic, pupal, scrotal, inferior, chelate, radiate, palmed, palmar, incumbent, equilateral.
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pupilled, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective pupilled. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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PUPILLARY definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Definition of 'pupillate'. pupillate in British English 1. (ˈpjuːpɪˌleɪt IPA Pronunciation Guide ). adjective. having a spot of a different colour in the middle.
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tri-
tri-, prefix (traɪ, occas. trɪ) a. L. tri- and Gr. τρι-, combining form of trēs, τρεῖς three, τρίς thrice. The i, etymologically short in Greek and Latin, was in Latin sometimes lengthened, esp. in numerals (trīcēnī, trīgintā, etc.). In Eng. it is now usually long and diphthongal (aɪ), except in der...
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