Eyespot

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms. countable

    "The eyespot is a complex sandwich of membranes with rows of granules that contain around 200 different proteins, including the same rhodopsins found in the retina of our own eye."

  2. 2
    an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color wordnet
  3. 3
    An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly. countable
  4. 4
    A coloured spot in a motile gamete or spore, which is sensitive to light. countable
  5. 5
    Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots; strawbreaker. countable, uncountable

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ocellus

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"The eyespot is a complex sandwich of membranes with rows of granules that contain around 200 different proteins, including the same rhodopsins found in the retina of our own eye."

Etymology

From eye + spot.

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