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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats