ocularium

A frog-mouth helm with a large ocularium (slit for seeing out of).

Meaning

Noun

  • A slit in a helmet through which the wearer could see.
  • An elevated mound or "turret", found in some arachnids and other creatures, which contains simple eyes (ocelli).

Origin

  • Latin oculārius.

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