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单词 octonocular
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octonocularadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin octōnī , -ocular comb. form.
Etymology: < classical Latin octōnī eight at a time, eight (see octonal adj.) + -ocular comb. form.
Zoology. Obsolete.
Having eight eyes.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having an eye or eyes > having many eyes > having eight eyes
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1703 S. Morland in Philos. Trans. 1702–03 (Royal Soc.) 23 1322 The Tarantula is an Apulian Spider of the Octonocular kind.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. iii. 401 Most Animals are Binocular, Spiders for the most part Octonocular, and some..Senocular.
1745 Gentleman's Mag. May 257/2 The Tarantula is..of the octonocular kind; that is, of that species that has eight eyes, and spins webbs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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