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Italian
Etymology
See occhio + mosca. Coined as a typographic term by Antonio Farina, who was the first to cut such a size in Italy in 1834.
Noun
occhio di mosca m (plural occhi di mosca)
- a fly's eye
- (uncountable, printing, dated) pearl (a small size of type, standardized as 5 point)
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