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pupillate

pupillate adjective: having a central spot of another color, like the pupil of the human eye.

Adjective

pupillate (not comparable)

  1. Having a central spot of another color, like the pupil of the human eye.
    • […] the anterior segments being dilated and having a large pupillate spot on either side representing the eye of the snake.1870, The Zoologist, page 1988
    • […] pupillate gray rings.1971, The Moths of America North of Mexico, Including Greenland, page 129

Forms of pupillate

alternative formpupillated

Origin of pupillate

From pupil + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from pupillate

Questions about pupillate

What does pupillate mean?
Pupillate means having a central spot of another color, like the pupil of the human eye.
What part of speech is pupillate?
Pupillate is an adjective.

Words near pupillate in the dictionary

  1. pupillarities
  2. pupillarity
  3. pupillary
  4. pupillary space
  5. pupillary spaces
  6. pupillate
  7. pupillated
  8. pupilled
  9. pupilless
  10. pupillid
  11. pupillids

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