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Having eight cells for seeds.

Having eight eyes. Derham.

having several divisions containing seeds; as, the lemon and the orange are plurilocular fruits. Plurilocular sporangia (Bot.), many-celled sporangia, each cell containing a single spore, as in many algæ.

Same as Postorbital.

Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antennæ of certain insects. -- n.

Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.

Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp.

Having six eyes. [R.] Derham.

Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye.

Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.

Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular heart.

Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell.

Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular.

To take one's self off; to decamp. [A jocular word. U. S.]

The state of being an alderman. [Jocular]

Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view. By autopsy and experiment. Cudworth.

By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. Sir T. Browne.

The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau. [Jocular] Dryden.

A lively or mettlesome fellow. [Jocular, Scot.] Burns.