EYESPOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eyespot mean? 

• EYESPOT (noun)
  The noun EYESPOT has 1 sense:

1. an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color

  Familiarity information: EYESPOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EYESPOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

eyespot; ocellus

Hypernyms ("eyespot" is a kind of...):

marking (a pattern of marks)