oculiferousadj.

Brit.

/ɒkjᵿˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˌɑkjəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oculi- comb. form, -ferous comb. form.

Etymology: < oculi- comb. form + -ferous comb. form. Compare French oculifère (dated 1838 in Robert Dict. Alphabétique et Analogique (1986)), post-classical Latin oculifer (1849 in the passage translated in quot. 1856-8).

Zoology. Now rare.

Bearing an eye or eyes.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having an eye or eyes

oculiferous1842

oculigerous1877

ophthalmophorous1890

1842 Z. Thompson Hist. Vermont ii. 158/2 The animal, commonly called a snail, has four tentacles, of which the posterior pair are larger and oculiferous.

1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 319 A transverse petiole, oculiferous at its apex.

1879 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 168 503 Salticus scabellatus... Oculiferous region of cephalothorax black, bounded by a crescent-shaped reddish castaneous belt.

1920 Amer. Naturalist 54 412 The eyes..may be entirely absent in the very young of the simplest oculiferous species [of trilobites].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oculiferous
释义	oculiferousadj. Brit. /ɒkjᵿˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌɑkjəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oculi- comb. form, -ferous comb. form. Etymology: < oculi- comb. form + -ferous comb. form. Compare French oculifère (dated 1838 in Robert Dict. Alphabétique et Analogique (1986)), post-classical Latin oculifer (1849 in the passage translated in quot. 1856-8). Zoology. Now rare. Bearing an eye or eyes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having an eye or eyes oculiferous1842 oculigerous1877 ophthalmophorous1890 1842 Z. Thompson Hist. Vermont ii. 158/2 The animal, commonly called a snail, has four tentacles, of which the posterior pair are larger and oculiferous. 1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 319 A transverse petiole, oculiferous at its apex. 1879 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 168 503 Salticus scabellatus... Oculiferous region of cephalothorax black, bounded by a crescent-shaped reddish castaneous belt. 1920 Amer. Naturalist 54 412 The eyes..may be entirely absent in the very young of the simplest oculiferous species [of trilobites]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1842
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