Meanings
plural eyespots
- countablebiologyAny 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.
2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 12 - countableuncountablebiologyAny of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots; strawbreaker.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Czech oční skvrna, oko
- oční skvrnalight-sensitive organ or region
- okomarking on tail or wing
German Augenfleck
- Augenflecklight-sensitive organ or region
Icelandic augndíll, augnblettur
- augndílllight-sensitive organ or region
- augnbletturlight-sensitive organ or region
- sjónbletturlight-sensitive organ or region
Portuguese ocelo
- ocelolight-sensitive organ or region
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Cite this entry
eyespot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyespot
“eyespot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyespot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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