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pl. [NL.,
fr. NL. oculina the name of a typical genus.]
(Zoöl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-
building species, having round, starlike calicles.


Oc"u*list (?), n. [L. oculus the
eye: cf. F. oculiste.] One skilled in treating diseases
of the eye.


Oc"u*lo- (?). A combining form from L. oculus
the eye.


Oc`u*lo*mo"tor (?), a. [Oculo- +
motor.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the movement
of the eye; -- applied especially to the common motor nerves (or
third pair of cranial nerves) which supply many of the muscles of the
orbit.
-- n. The oculomotor
nerve.


Oc`u*lo*na"sal (?), a. [Oculo- +
nasal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the region of
the eye and the nose; as, the oculonasal, or nasal, nerve, one
of the branches of the ophthalmic.


||Oc"u*lus (?), n.; pl.
Oculi (#). [L., an eye.] 1. An
eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud.


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