sub ocellate (suboselat)

Indistinctly ocellate; somewhat resembling an ocellus; in en tom., noting spots on the wings of butterflies, etc., surrounded by a ring of another color, but destitute of a central spot or pupil. Also called blind or epupillate spots. suboctave (sub'ok'tāv), п. 1. An eighth part. Our gallon, which has the pint for its suboctave. Arbuthnot, Anc. Coins. IMG:content-2379.png:[blocks in formation] pertaining to the eye, subœsophageal, a. See sub esophageal. subopercle (sub'ō-pėr"kl), n. The subopercular bone, or suboperculum, of a fish. subopercular (sub-ō-pėr'kū-lär), a. [ suboperculum (sub-ō-pèr kū-lum), n.; pl. sub opercula (-lä). [NL., L. sub, under, + opercu lum, a lid, cover.] 1. In ichth., the subopercular bone, an inferior one of four opercular bones usually entering into the composition of the gill cover, of which it forms a part of the lower margin. See cuts under opercular and teleost. -2. In an at. of the brain, a part of an orbital gyre which to some extent covers the insula or island of Reil in front, and is situated under the præoperculum. suboptic (sub-op'tik), a. Same as suborbital: as, the suboptic foramen.