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4 words match “FOVEA”

FOVEA n.
A slight depression or pit; a fossa.
FOVEATE a.
Having pits or depressions; pitted.
FOVEOLA n.
A small depression or pit; a fovea.
YELLOW a.
black lines. -- Yellow spot. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See Eye. (b) (Zoöl.) A small American butterfly (Polites Peckius) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow sp…