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单词 oculiform
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oculiformadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oculi- comb. form, -form comb. form2.
Etymology: < oculi- comb. form + -form comb. form2. Compare French oculiforme (dated 1838 in Robert Dict. Alphabétique et Analogique (1986)).
Chiefly Zoology. Obsolete.
Having the shape or form of an eye; eye-like.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > circular > like an eye
ocellated1802
oculiform1824
1824 Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 327 Few of them [sc. trilobites] display the oculiform prominence.
1855 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 2) v. 120 The central ganglion, situated beneath the oculiform spot.
1870 Amer. Naturalist 4 266 The central oculiform tubercles,..which I prefer to call ocelli, were wanting.
1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Oculiform points, the marginal corpuscles of the Medusæ..supposed to be visual organs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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