Ocellated turkey (Zoöl.), the wild turkey of Central America (Meleagris
ocellata).
||O*cel"lus (?), n.; pl. Ocelli (#). [L., dim. of oculus an eye.]
||(Zoöl.) (a) A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many
||invertebrates. (b) An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of
||the peacock.
O"ce*loid (?), a. [Ocelot + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling the ocelot.
O"ce*lot (?), n. [Mexican ocelotl.] (Zoöl.) An American feline
carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United
States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and
blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from
reddish gray to tawny yellow.
{ O"cher, O"chre } (?), n. [F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr. &?;, from (&?;)
pale, pale yellow.] (Min.) (a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a
ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used
as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays
of other colors. (b) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as,
tungstic ocher or tungstite.
{ O"cher*ous, O"chre*ous } (?), a. [Cf. F. ocreux.] Of or pertaining to
ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous
soil.