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eyespot

eyes·pot

UK/ˈʌɪspɒt/ US/ˈaɪˌspɑt/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From eye + spot.

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