octonocular

English

Etymology

octo- +‎ -n- +‎ ocular

Adjective

octonocular (not comparable)

1. Having eight eyes.
   • 1745, Richard Mead, A mechanical account of poisons, page 102:

     The Tarantula (d) is a Spider of Apulia, of the octonocular kind […]

   • 1815, Cotton Mather, The Christian Philosopher, page 158:

     Spiders are mostly octonocular […]