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eyespot
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eyespot [′ī‚spät]
(botany)
A small photosensitive pigment body in certain unicellular algae.
A dark area around the hilum of certain seeds, as some beans.
(invertebrate zoology)
A simple organ of vision in many invertebrates consisting of pigmented cells overlying a sensory termination.
(plant pathology)
A fungus disease of sugarcane and certain other grasses which is caused byHelminthosporium sacchariand characterized by yellowish oval lesions on the stems and leaves.
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At the tip of the forewings are dark eye spots and lines that could almost be taken for the head of a cobra in striking pose, reared up with its neck flattened.
Marked for glory: this moth's beauty doubles as protective camouflage by Hubley, Brad / ROM Magazine
I have to confess I was as awed by the flocks of parrots, toucans and dazzling eye spots in the tails of wild turkeys as I was by Mayan glyphs or elaborately carved stelae of a royal dynasty memorably known as Jaguar's Paw.
Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
During stage 20, the foot mass started to protrude to the top of the shell and the eye spot appeared (stage 21) (Fig.
Embryonic and larval development of haliotis tuberculata coccinea ... by De Vicose, G. Courtois; Viera, M.P.; Bilbao, A.; Izquierdo, M.S. / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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