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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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Take-all, foot-rot, eyespot, black rust, yellow rust, mildew, even a bit of loose smut and I don't mean dirty jokes or comments either.
More or bore by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
But, he believes the newfound type of eyespot is unique to the coral-dwelling life-forms.
Single-celled algae inside corals have "eyes" by Asian News International
So reef butterfly fish, angelfish, spadefish and porkfish attempt to hide their eyes with a vertical black bar, and often put a fake eyespot near their tails.
Fish camo by Gilmore, R. Grant / Florida Sportsman
 
 
 
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