Synonyms of the word

ocellus

• n. A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
• n. An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail…

eye

• n. An organ through which animals see.
• n. The visual sense.
• n. Attention, notice.
• n. The ability to notice what others might miss.
• n. A meaningful stare or look.
• n. A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.
• n. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
• n. A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage…
• n. The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm.
• n. A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.
• n. The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
• n. A reproductive bud in a potato.
• n. (informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.
• n. A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc…
• n. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
• n. Tinge; shade of colour.
• n. One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
• n. (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
• n. (game of Go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
• v. To observe carefully.
• v. To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document.
• v. To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing.
• v. (obsolete) To appear; to look.
• n. A brood.

eyespot

• n. (biology) Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms.
• n. An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly.
• n. (botany) Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots.

marking

• v. present participle of mark.
• n. (uncountable) The action of the verb to mark.
• n. a mark.
• n. the characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.

oculus

• n. (architecture) A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).

optic

• adj. Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
• adj. Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
• n. (now humorous) An eye.
• n. A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.
• n. A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic…

stemma

• n. A family tree or recorded genealogy.
• n. In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts.
• n. One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods.