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eyespot

 
Dictionary: eye·spot
(ī'spŏt') pronunciation
n.
  1. A small, light-sensitive patch of pigment in certain algae and unicellular organisms.
  2. A simple visual organ of certain invertebrates consisting of a sensory ending covered by light-sensitive, pigmented cells.
  3. A rounded eyelike marking, as on the tail of a peacock.
  4. Botany. Either of two fungal diseases that affect grasses and are characterized by oval lesions.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color
  Synonym: ocellus


 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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