ocellus

English Thesaurus

1. an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	marking,
definition	:	a pattern of marks (noun.attribute)

2. an eye having a single lens (noun.body)

hypernym	:	eye, oculus, optic,
definition	:	the organ of sight (noun.body)

hyponym	:	ommatidium,
definition	:	any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods (noun.body)