inocular,a.Entom.|ɪˈnɒkjʊlə(r)| [in-2.] Of an antenna: Inserted in a sinus in the inner margin of the compound eye, which thus partly surrounds its base. 1826Kirby & Sp.Entomol. III. xxxiv. 514 In the Capricorn-beetles they [antennæ] may be termed inocular, or placed in a sinus of the eye.