Eyespot Definition

īspŏt
noun
A light-sensitive organelle of certain chiefly unicellular organisms, such as euglenas and some motile algae.
American Heritage Medicine
A small spot of pigment associated with sensitivity to light, found in many invertebrates.
Webster's New World
A spot of color that looks like an eye.
Webster's New World
Any of several fungal diseases that affect grasses and are characterized by oval lesions.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Eyespot

Noun

Singular:
eyespot
Plural:
eyespots

Origin of Eyespot

  • From eye +‎ spot.

    From Wiktionary

Eyespot Sentence Examples

  • Oedogonium sp., intercalated growth by insertion of new piece(a) n., nucleus; p.v., pulsating vacuoles; e.s., eyespot.

  • A reddish-brown body, known as the eyespot, is usually situated near the limits of the hyaline portion, and in the protoplasm contractile vacuoles similar to those of lower animals have been occasionally detected.

  • Both sexes have a prominent eyespot at the base of the tail fin.

  • A red eyespot is visible near the base of the flagella.

  • The cereal eyespot fungus, Tapesia, forms specialized infection plaques in the tight spaces between leaf sheaths at the base of the plant.

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Words Starting With

EEYEYE

Words Ending With

TOTPOT

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Words Starting With E and Ending With T

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With E7 Letter Words Ending With T