Eyespot

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:34:57

Eye"*spot` (?), n. Zool. (a)

A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.

(b)

An eyelike spot of color.

 

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