Meaning of ocularium | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A slit in a helmet through which the wearer could see.
2. An elevated mound or "turret", found in some arachnids and other creatures, which contains simple eyes (ocelli).

Examples

“[…] A CLOSED HELMET, with blued surface; the skull-piece has a high roped comb, a deep visor pierced with the ocularium, bevor with annular piercings […]”

“Ocularium with paired armature; area III usually with a pair of spines or tubercles; femur IV entirely straight and unarmed (Figure 4.29a), posterior ozopore absent or much smaller than anterior ozopore (Brazilian Atlantic forest) ...”

“Ocularium [of Hydrocolus paugus] absent (instar I and II) or present (instar III); maxillary cardo present; prementum subrectangular; labial palpomere 2 subcylindrical; antennomere 2 with a secondary seta in instar II and III larvae; legs without natatory setae […]”

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