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Definition: EYE-SPOT

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.[Websters]
2. An eyelike spot of color.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Eye-spot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: EYE-SPOT

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.[Websters]
2. An eyelike spot of color.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "EYE-SPOT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)