Eye-spot n. Zoöl. (a) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) An eyelike spot of color.
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  eyespot
       n : an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies);
           usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color
           [syn: ocellus]