EYESPOT

Meaning of EYESPOT in English

n. (Biology) primitive eye-like receptor that is light-sensitive and helps orient an organism (in primitive single-celled organisms)

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EYESPOT — noun Date: 1862 a spot of color, 2. a simple visual organ of pigment or pigmented cells covering a sensory …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EYESPOT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : a simple visual organ in many invertebrates that consists of pigment or pigmented cells covering …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EYESPOT — /uy"spot'/ , n. 1. a sensory organ of lower animals, having a light-perceiving function. 2. an eyelike spot, as on …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYESPOT — noun Date: 1862 1. : a spot of color 2. a. : a simple visual organ of pigment or pigmented …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EYESPOT — ■ noun 1》 Zoology a light-sensitive pigmented spot on a flatworm, starfish, or other organism. 2》 a rounded eye-like marking, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EYESPOT — [eye.spot] n (1877) 1 a: a simple visual organ of pigment or pigmented cells covering a sensory termination: ocellus b: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYESPOT — also called Stigma, a heavily pigmented region in certain one-celled organisms that apparently functions in light reception. The term is …
Britannica English vocabulary
EYESPOT — n 1. глазок, пятнышко, мушка 2. зоол. теменной глаз, теменной орган, третий глаз
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EYESPOT — (n) глазок; мушка; пятнышко; теменной глаз; теменной орган; третий глаз
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
EYESPOT — n 1. глазок, пятнышко, мушка 2. зоол. теменной глаз, теменной орган, третий глаз
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
EYESPOT — n 1. глазок, пятнышко, мушка 2. зоол. теменной глаз, теменной орган, третий глаз
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EYESPOT — 1) глазное пятно; стигма; глазок 2) глазчатое пятно 3) фтп. глазковая пятнистость • - cereal eyespot
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
EYESPOT — 1) глазное пятно; стигма; глазок 2) глазчатое пятно 3) фтп. глазковая пятнистость • - cereal eyespot
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
EYESPOT — n. Pronunciation: ' ī - ˌ spät Function: noun Date: 1862 1 : a spot of color 2 a : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OCELLUS — noun (plural ocelli) see: eye Date: 1819 a minute simple eye or eyespot of an invertebrate, an eyelike colored spot …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SATURNIID MOTH — or giant silkworm moth Any of some 800 moth species of the principally tropical family Saturniidae. Adults have a stout, …
Английский словарь Британика
PEACOCK — Any of three species (family Phasianidae) of resplendent birds of open lowland forests. Blue, or Indian ( Pavo cristatus ), …
Английский словарь Британика
CHLAMYDOMONAS — Genus of single-celled green algae considered to be primitive life-forms of evolutionary significance. The cell has a spherical cellulose membrane …
Английский словарь Британика
STIGMA — ˈstigmə noun ( plural stigma·ta stigˈmä]d.ə, ˈstigmə], stigˈma], stigˈmȧ], ]tə ; or stigmas ) Etymology: Latin stigmat-, stigma mark, brand, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHYTOMASTIGINA — -ˌmastəˈjīnə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from phyt- + mastig- + -ina : a subclass of Mastigophora comprising …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OCELLUS — ōˈseləs noun ( plural ocel·li -eˌlī, -e(ˌ)lē) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, small eye, diminutive of oculus eye — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACK WITCH — noun : a very large noctuid moth ( Erebus odora ) having dark mottled-brown wings with an eyespot in each …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STIGMA — /stig"meuh/ , n. , pl. stigmata /stig"meuh teuh, stig mah"teuh, -mat"euh/ , stigmas . 1. a mark of disgrace or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POLYPHEMUS MOTH — a large, yellowish-brown American silkworm moth, Antheraea polyphemus, having a prominent eyespot on each hind wing and feeding on cherry, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IO MOTH — a showy, yellow moth, Automeris io, of North America, having a prominent pink and bluish eyespot on each hind wing. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EUGLENOPHYTE — /yooh glee"neuh fuyt'/ , n. Biol. any member of the protist phylum Euglenophyta, comprising unicellular organisms, either green and photosynthetic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EUGLENA — /yooh glee"neuh/ , n. a genus of green freshwater protozoans having a reddish eyespot and a single flagellum, found esp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OCELLUS — noun ( plural ocel·li -ˈse-ˌlī, -(ˌ)lē) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of oculus eye — more at eye Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OCELLUS — [ ə'sɛləs ] ■ noun ( plural ocelli -lʌɪ , -li: ) Zoology 1》 another term for simple eye . …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OCELLUS — [ocel.lus] n, pl ocel.li [NL, fr. L, dim. of oculus eye--more at eye] (1819) 1: a minute simple eye or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SATURNIID MOTH
Britannica English vocabulary
PHOTORECEPTION — any of the biological responses of organisms to stimulation by light. Most organisms, including humans, respond to visible light; some …
Britannica English vocabulary

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