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eyestalk [′ī‚stȯk] (invertebrate zoology) A movable peduncle bearing a terminal eye in decapod crustaceans. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The fictional aliens--with their eyes bugging out fearfully from eyestalks and their drooling mouthlike orifices gaping in frowns--look as alarmed as the humans. The slug settles in the crab's underside and grows, forming a bulge in its shell and sprouting a set of root-like tendrils that spread throughout the crab's body, even wrapping around its eyestalks. It seemed a fair and accurate title for a shrimp that lacked the eyestalks and corneas other shrimp use for vision. |
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