Definition for PU'PIL

PU'PIL, n.1 [L. pupilla, dim. of pupa, pupus. See Pup.]

The apple of the eye; a little aperture in the middle of the iris and uvea of the eye, through which the rays of light pass to the crystaline humor, to be painted on the retina. – Encyc.

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