eyespot

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eyespot

/ˈʌɪspɒt/ UK

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From eye + spot.

noun eyespots

countable Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms. The eyespot is a complex sandwich of membranes with rows of granules that contain around 200 different proteins, including the same rhodopsins found in the retina of our own eye.
countable An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly.
Similar: ocellus
countable A coloured spot in a motile gamete or spore, which is sensitive to light.
countable, uncountable Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots; strawbreaker.

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noun light-sensitive organ or region

Português	ocelo
Deutsch	Augenfleck

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@misc{eyespot_2026,
  title = {eyespot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eyespot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}