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eyeshine

American  
[ahy-shahyn] / ˈaɪˌʃaɪn /

noun

  1. the reflected glow in the eyes of some animals in darkness.


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This eyeshine adaptation was first discovered in mantis shrimp larvae in 2014.

From Slate Feb. 16, 2023

So the larvae shrimp and larvae prawns and many other larval crustaceans just covered the dark eye pigments with crystals that make their eyeshine color the same as the water color in their native habitat.

From Slate Feb. 16, 2023

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