eyespot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms.
An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly.
A coloured spot in a motile gamete or spore, which is sensitive to light.
Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots; strawbreaker.

/ˈʌɪspɒt/

eyespot eyespots

From eye + spot.

ocellus

eyespotted

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