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pupillate

adj

pupillate

adj

Etymology From pupil + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

1

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Having a central spot of another color, like the pupil of the human eye.

  • […] the anterior segments being dilated and having a large pupillate spot on either side representing the eye of the snake.1870, The Zoologist, page 1988:
  • […] pupillate gray rings.1971, The Moths of America North of Mexico, Including Greenland, page 129:
Derived terms
epupillate

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