Noun(1) an eye having a single lens,an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies),usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color [also: ocelli (pl)](2) an eye having a single lens(3) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies)(4) usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color [also: ocelli (pl)]
Noun(1) an eye having a single lens,an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies),usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color [also: ocelli (pl)](2) an eye having a single lens(3) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies)(4) usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color [also: ocelli (pl)]
(1) Our recent experiments raise a new question about the evolutionary relationship of ocelli to other sensory structures.(2) Between the compound eyes are usually three simple eye, or ocelli .(3) Transverse cuticular wrinkles arranged in a tight parallel pattern form a ring posterior to the ocelli and encircle about 25% of the cephalothorax.(4) Head width was measured as the distance between the eyes at the ocellar region of the head.(5) They suggested that the color change is stimulated by perception of the background color by the larval ocelli and effected by a neurophysiological pathway.(6) During a 14-wk interval, a new postocellar region was regenerated while the anteriormost ocellar region degenerated.(7) Besides functioning as an identification feature, the ocelli also have anti-predator functions.(8) Neuronal hyperplasia is observed in mutant clones located behind the MF (white arrows) or in the ocellar precursor region (red arrows).(9) The ocelli (eye-like spots) on the spinous dorsal fin of males are metallic blue, surrounded by a golden ring.(10) The expression in adults was observed in dorsal ocelli cells in the nerve code.(11) Adjacent to these lie the two ocellar bristles and the two postvertical bristles in addition to several microchaetae.(12) The ocelli , or eye spots, may reduce damage from fin-biting predators by mimicking the head.
