Meaning of eyespot | Babel Free
ˈʌɪspɒtDefinitions
- 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.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Augenfleck
Português
ocelo
Examples
“The eyespot is a complex sandwich of membranes with rows of granules that contain⟳ around 200 different proteins, including the same rhodopsins found in the retina of our own⟳ eye.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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