eyespot n 1: an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color [syn: {eyespot}, {ocellus}]
Eye-spot \Eye"-spot`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) An eyelike spot of color. [1913 Webster]