ocelo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ocellus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈsɛ.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈsɛ.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈsɛ.lu/

Noun

ocelo m (plural ocelos)

(zoology) eye (mark on an animal resembling an eye)
(zoology) the eye of arthropods

Further reading

“ocelo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“ocelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ocellus.

Noun

ocelo m (plural ocelos)

(zoology) eye (mark on an animal resembling an eye)
(zoology) the eye of arthropods

Further reading

“ocelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025