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Meaning of "eyespot" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF EYESPOT

ˈaɪˌspɒt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EYESPOT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eyespot is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EYESPOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of eyespot in the English dictionary

The definition of eyespot in the dictionary is a small area of light-sensitive pigment in some protozoans, algae, and other simple organisms. Other definition of eyespot is an eyelike marking, as on the wings of certain butterflies.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EYESPOT

bespot · cachepot · capot · coffeepot · Crockpot · despot · heatspot · honeypot · hotpot · impot · inkspot · jackpot · nightspot · pot · repot · respot · spot · starspot · sunspot · teapot

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EYESPOT

eyes · eyes front · eyes left · eyes out · eyes right · eyeshade · eyeshine · eyeshot · eyesight · eyesome · eyesore · eyestalk · eyestone · eyestrain · eyeteeth · Eyetie · eyetooth · eyewash · eyewater · eyewear

WORDS THAT END LIKE EYESPOT

beauty spot · black spot · blind spot · cold spot · five-spot · flat spot · G-spot · high spot · hot spot · leaf spot · on the spot · penalty spot · picnic spot · soft spot · sweet spot · tight spot · trouble spot · two-spot · weak spot · yellow spot

Synonyms and antonyms of eyespot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «eyespot» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF EYESPOT

Find out the translation of eyespot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of eyespot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eyespot» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

眼点
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

mancha ocular
570 millions of speakers
en

English

eyespot
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

eyespot
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بقعة العين
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

глазка
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

acama
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

eyespot
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

le piétin-verse
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mata mata
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Augenfleck
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

眼点
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

아이 스팟
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Eyespot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đốm mắt
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

eyespot
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

डोळेपोट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

eyespot
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

eyespot
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

łamliwość źdźbła
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

вічка
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

eyespot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

eyespot
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oogvlek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stråknäckare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

eyespot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eyespot

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EYESPOT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of eyespot
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eyespot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EYESPOT»

Discover the use of eyespot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eyespot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Algae: An Introduction to Phycology
Eyespot (stigma) and flagellar swelling The eyespot can be seen in the living cell using the light microscope and appears as a small red spot at the anterior of the cell. It lies within one of the chloro- plasts and is positioned close to the base of ...
Christiaan Hoek, David Mann, H. M. Jahns, 1995
2
Algae: Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology, Second Edition
In Amphidinium lacustre, the eyespot is an elongated structure located along the right edge of the sulcus. Its color is a shade of greenish-yellow rather than the reddish-orange color commonly found in eyespot; it consists of up to six flat rows of ...
Laura Barsanti, Paolo Gualtieri, 2014
3
Phycology
Most of the flagellated cells that show photo- tactic movement have an eyespot. In the Chloro- phyta, the eyespot or stigma is always in the chloroplast, usually in the anterior portion near the flagella bases (Fig. 5.2). The eyespot consists of one  ...
Robert Edward Lee, 2008
4
Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera
Here, we review data on the molecular and genetic bases of different stages of eyespot development, from prepatterning in larval wing discs, to determination of color rings during the early pupal stage, to actual pigment production in late pupal ...
Marian R. Goldsmith, Frantisek Marec, 2009
5
Ultrastructure of Microalgae
I. EYESPOT Eyespots are found in some motile prasinophytes, ulvophytes, and chlo- rophytes, but never in any charophyte. Some of the less complex charophytes (Conjugales) are in any case nonmotile, but an eyespot has never been ...
Tamar Berner, 1993
6
Plant Pathology in Agriculture
This variety shows a much higher degree of resistance to eyespot than any other popular variety (Hollins et al., 1988), although under maximum eyespot pressure, severe lesions may still occur. The resistance of Rendezvous has been derived ...
David W. Parry, 1990
7
Coding and Decoding of Calcium Signals in Plants
Although this outward orientation of eyespot is dominant (but only about 80% in our experiment) in cells showing positive phototaxis, inward orientation is more often observed in cells showing negative phototaxis (but only about 60%), ...
Sheng Luan, 2011
8
Photomovement
E.g. in the Pyrarnimonadales antapical eyespot position with a direct connection of a rhizoplast to the eyespot occurs (Halosphaera minor [54]) as well as variable lateral positions with no connections are observed (Pyramimonas spp. [20]).
D.-P. Häder, M. Lebert, 2001
9
Perspectives in Ethology: Volume 11: Behavioral Design
Blest (1957) considers that the eyespot displays of insects are the evolutionary product of Batesian mimicry in which real eyes act as models; his elegant studies of eyespot function in Lepidoptera demonstrate their protective aspects in ...
N.S. Thompson, 1995
10
Dunaliella: Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology
Each cell contains a single eyespot which is always located in a digitation of the plast, near the plasmic membrane. So, the asymmetric position of the eyespot can be used to determine two halves in the cell. The part of the cell containing the  ...
Ami Ben-Amotz, Mordhay Avron, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EYESPOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eyespot is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Protistology: How to build a microbial eye
One such structure is the eyespot of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Fig. 1b), a unicellular relative of land plants. This eyespot is ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Skyfall wins NIAB Cereals Cup
... criteria, with its combination of orange wheat blossom midge, PCH1 eyespot resistance, yield and approved bread-making quality,” she said. «FG Insight, Jun 15»
3
Skyfall and AberGreen are NIAB Winners
... Award criteria, with its combination of orange wheat blossom midge, PCH1 eyespot resistance, yield and approved breadmaking quality.”. «Stackyard, Jun 15»
4
Sharp eyespot reappears in Willamette Valley wheat
Sharp eyespot appeared in the valley at unheard of levels last year, causing yield losses as high as 50 percent in one field and between 10 ... «Capital Press, Jun 15»
5
Nature Notes: Distinctive luna moth is here and gone
The luna moth has a wingspan of 4 inches, and each wing has a prominent eyespot. The tops of the front wings are edged with purple, and the ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 15»
6
Genetically integrated traits and rugged adaptive landscapes in …
[35] found that selection readily uncoupled the correlation between development time and eyespot size. Delph et al. [33] used artificial selection ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
7
A guide to the key new varieties at Cereals 2015
The variety's yield challenges Skyfall, and it has excellent disease resistance as well as the Pch1 eyespot resistance gene. Also on display is ... «FarmersWeekly, May 15»
8
Tillage: Growing dependent on direct payments
Winter wheat crops should be inspected now for eyespot as the mild winter combined with a lot of early sowing last autumn will have caused ... «Irish Independent, Apr 15»
9
What the 'False Eyes' of Butterflies Are Really For
"Having the right type of eyespot in the right season allowed the butterflies to live long enough to lay eggs and have more offspring in the next ... «Nature World News, Apr 15»
10
Spots make praying mantis fumble its attack
The praying mantis prefers to attack the eyespots on butterfly wings, rather than their bodies, report scientists. Bicyclus anynana butterflies ... «Futurity: Research News, Apr 15»
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