eyespot

Plural: eyespots

Noun

• A simple light-sensitive organ in lower animals.
• an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color
• 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.
• A coloured spot in a motile gamete or spore, which is sensitive to light.
• Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots; strawbreaker.

Examples

• He had an eyespot for potential bingos, always looking for those seven-letter plays.

Synonyms

ocellus