pupilledadj.

Brit.

/ˈpjuːpld/, U.S.

/ˈpjup(ə)ld/

Forms: 1800s– pupiled, 1800s– pupilled.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pupil n.², -ed suffix².

Etymology: < pupil n.² + -ed suffix², in sense 1 perhaps after scientific Latin pupillatus pupillate adj.

1. Entomology. Having an ocellated eyespot with a contrasting central spot resembling the pupil of an eye (cf. pupil n.² 2); (of an eyespot) having a central pupil (sometimes, of a specified colour). Now rare.

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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted > having eye-like spot

oculate1656

oculated1688

pupilled1803

pupillatea1834

single-eyed1839

1803 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica i. 118 The pupilled Dart [sc. a moth].

1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 332 Anal ocellus pupilled with a well-defined black spot.

1895 Proc. Zool. Soc. 19 Mar. 254 Small ocelli..touched with black, and pupilled with blue.

1993 Biodiversity Lett. 1 29/1 The small, often pupilled spots at the submargins of the wings of satyrid and other butterflies serve to deflect the attacks of predators..from the vulnerable body.

2. With modifying word: designating or having eyes with pupils of a specified type.

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1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers ix. iv. 289 In the singular lustre of those large-pupilled eyes..the experienced might long have traced the seeds which cradled death.

1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner iii. 39 A slender youth from a country college, under-fed, thin-blooded, sloping-shouldered.., pale-eyed, wide-pupilled.

1932 Science 29 Apr. 468/1 Rods..will probably not be found in any round-pupilled Colubrid [snake].

1997 T. Hughes Tales from Ovid 18 The same black-ringed, yellow, pinpoint-pupilled eyes.

2003 Guelph (Ont.) Mercury (Nexis) 2 Apr. a8 One of the useless..square-pupiled goats butted me squarely in the butt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pupilled
释义	pupilledadj. Brit. /ˈpjuːpld/, U.S. /ˈpjup(ə)ld/ Forms: 1800s– pupiled, 1800s– pupilled. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pupil n.², -ed suffix². Etymology: < pupil n.² + -ed suffix², in sense 1 perhaps after scientific Latin pupillatus pupillate adj. 1. Entomology. Having an ocellated eyespot with a contrasting central spot resembling the pupil of an eye (cf. pupil n.² 2); (of an eyespot) having a central pupil (sometimes, of a specified colour). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted > having eye-like spot oculate1656 oculated1688 pupilled1803 pupillatea1834 single-eyed1839 1803 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica i. 118 The pupilled Dart [sc. a moth]. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 332 Anal ocellus pupilled with a well-defined black spot. 1895 Proc. Zool. Soc. 19 Mar. 254 Small ocelli..touched with black, and pupilled with blue. 1993 Biodiversity Lett. 1 29/1 The small, often pupilled spots at the submargins of the wings of satyrid and other butterflies serve to deflect the attacks of predators..from the vulnerable body. 2. With modifying word: designating or having eyes with pupils of a specified type. ΚΠ 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers ix. iv. 289 In the singular lustre of those large-pupilled eyes..the experienced might long have traced the seeds which cradled death. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner iii. 39 A slender youth from a country college, under-fed, thin-blooded, sloping-shouldered.., pale-eyed, wide-pupilled. 1932 Science 29 Apr. 468/1 Rods..will probably not be found in any round-pupilled Colubrid [snake]. 1997 T. Hughes Tales from Ovid 18 The same black-ringed, yellow, pinpoint-pupilled eyes. 2003 Guelph (Ont.) Mercury (Nexis) 2 Apr. a8 One of the useless..square-pupiled goats butted me squarely in the butt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1803
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