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/ˈʌɪspɒt/ · noun
(biology, countable) Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms..
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.
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Eyespot means (biology, countable) Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms..
Common synonyms include ocellus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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