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Definition of: eyespot
(ī′spot′) noun Biol.
1. One of the rudimentary visual organs of many invertebrates, consisting of a few pigment cells overlaying a nerve filament sensitive to light.
2. The rudimentary eye in an embryo.
3. An ocellus.
4. An eyelike marking.
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