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eyelike

  • a word derived from eye.
    eye
    noun
    the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.

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“This suggests that they really are paying attention to the direction of the pupils in the eyespots and are perceiving them as eyelike stimuli,” Rowland says.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 4, 2023

In an effort to mimic early eye development, researchers have created tiny orbs of human brain tissue with rudimentary pairs of light-sensitive, eyelike structures in a lab dish.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 25, 2021

In species belonging to many different groups, he saw caterpillars or chrysalises that bore all sorts of paired eyelike markings of various color schemes, with round or slit pupils.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2010

Having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different color, as in some butterflies.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

Head covered with feathers; feathers of the rump elongated, with eyelike spots: 3 species.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray