English Dictionary

eyespot

/ˈʌɪspɒt/

noun

(biology) Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms. / An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly.

The butterfly has a large eyespot on its wings.

意味（1）

(biology) Any 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.

意味（2）

An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly.

意味（3）

(botany) Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots; strawbreaker