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# eyespot

«eyespot» in Mova's school dictionary: **a round patch of colour that looks like an eye, on the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an eyespot, eyespots)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An eyespot is a round patch of colour that looks like an eye, on the wings of a butterfly or moth, or on the body of a fish, to scare or fool predators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyespot/#m1)

2) (science) An eyespot is a tiny light-sensitive spot on very simple living things, such as Euglena, that helps them find light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyespot/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons it explains camouflage and defence: birds may attack the false eye instead of the head, or be frightened by big eyespots. In microscopy, pupils see the red eyespot of single-celled Euglena. Phrases: «false eyespots», «eyespot on the wing».

### examples

- The peacock butterfly has four big eyespots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyespot/#x1)
- Birds may peck the eyespot instead of the butterfly's head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyespot/#x2)
- Some fish have an eyespot near their tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyespot/#x3)
- Under the microscope we saw the red eyespot of a Euglena. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyespot/#x4)
- The moth opened its wings and flashed its eyespots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyespot/#x5)
- Eyespots make small creatures look bigger and scarier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyespot/#x6)

### note

Countable: an eyespot, eyespots. One word. Also called «eye spot» or «ocellus» (plural ocelli) by scientists. An eyespot on a wing cannot see; it is only a pattern.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eyespot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyespot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.