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Eye-spot

Eye-spot \Eye"-spot`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)

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

  2. An eyelike spot of color.

Usage examples of "eye-spot".

He saw Ooru and Ayn retreating from beside him and found the Delver surging toward him, eye-spots blazing crimson.

The inkstone on the desk had the most perfect purple eye-spots I had ever seen, and Master Li said it was a genuine Tuan from Ling-lang Gorge.