eyespot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color
    ocellus.

WordNet


Eye"*spot` noun
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913