pineal eye

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noun

an eyelike structure that develops from the pineal apparatus in certain cold-blooded vertebrates.

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Also called third eye.

Origin of pineal eye

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby pineal eye

pine, pineal, pineal apparatus, pineal body, pinealectomy, pineal eye, pineal gland, pinealocyte, pinealoma, pineal stalk, pineapple

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How to use pineal eye in a sentence

The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.
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This attack, coming just days after the PlayStation DDoS, was certainly an eye-opener.
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They eye the door anxiously, convinced that at any moment, a Pakistani or Iranian intelligence officer will come barging in.
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Nervous fans can keep a vigilant eye on it via a webcam hosted on the town website that offers 24-hour goat viewing.
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I think part of being in the public eye is getting recognized, and dealing with positive and negative scrutiny.
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But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
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As his eye became accustomed to the gloom, David Arden saw traces of gilding on the walls.
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As small letters weary the eye most, so also the smallest affairs disturb us most.
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Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.
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The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pineal eye

pineal eye

noun

an outgrowth of the pineal gland that forms an eyelike structure on the top of the head in certain cold-blooded vertebrates

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for pineal eye

pineal eye

[ pĭn′ē-əl, pī′nē-əl ]

A sensory structure capable of light reception, appearing as a spot on the top of the head in lampreys, hagfish, amphibians, and some reptiles, especially the tuatara. Pineal eyes can contain a rudimentary cornea, lens, cone cells, and retina, and are thought to be sensitive to light and dark but not to be able to form images.