Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a double pupil: in entomology, said of an eye-like spot on the wing of a butterfly when it has within it two dots or pupils of a different color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different color, as in some butterflies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having an
eyespot on thewing , with twodots within it of a different colour, as in somebutterflies .
Etymologies
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bi- + pupil + -ate
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