occularium

English

Noun

occularium (plural occularia)

  1. Alternative form of ocularium
    • 1995, The Irish Naturalists' Journal, page 310:
      […] can be identified by the dark area around the eyes and the pale central strip of the occularium. However, Nelima gothica can often show a very striking pale eye ring with a narrow dark strip down the centre of the occularium and here the legs are essential in making a correct determination.
    • 2013, James R. Planche, An Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Costume, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 283:
      An alteration is also noticeable in the occularium, which is no longer a slit cut in the metal itself, but formed by an opening left between the upper and the lower portion, the helm being now constructed of three pieces—the crown, ...
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