Usage Note
Pupille is the pupil of the eye, the dark opening that widens or narrows with light. It is purely anatomical; a school pupil is Schüler, never Pupille.
Examples
"Im Dunkeln weiten sich die Pupillen."
Natural Translation
In the dark the pupils widen.
Literal Translation
In-the dark widen themselves the pupils.
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