Associations to the word «Eyespot»

Wiktionary

EYESPOT, noun. (biology) Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms.
EYESPOT, noun. An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly.
EYESPOT, noun. (botany) Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots.

Dictionary definition

EYESPOT, noun. An eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley