Eye-spot
(n.) An eyelike spot of color. (n.) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. | ||||
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Eye-spot Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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eye-spot
\eye"-spot`\ (?), n. (zo?l.) (a) a simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) an eyelike spot of color.
eye-spot
\eye"-spot`\ (?), n. (zo?l.) (a) a simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) an eyelike spot of color.
Eye-spot Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Eyespot
Eyespot can refer to:
- Ocellus, the eyespot is the area of an arthropod body (especially an insect) where the ocelli (photoreceptors) are located;
- Eyespot (mimicry), eye-like markings on animals, especially butterflies.
- Eyespot (botany), any of several fungal and viral diseases of plants; the term is also used to describe the characteristic lesions of those diseases, also see:
- Eyespot apparatus (microbial), the photoreceptor of a unicellular organism.
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