eyestalk
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Eyestalk — Eye stalk , n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eyestalk — [ī′stôk΄] n. a movable stalk with a compound eye at the tip, as in lobsters, shrimps, snails, and certain other crustaceans and mollusks … English World dictionary
Eyestalk — Pulmonate land snails usually have two sets of tentacles on their head: the upper pair have an eye at the end; the lower pair are for olfaction … Wikipedia
eyestalk — a moveable, elongate peduncle bearing an eye at the tip, e.g. in the larvae of Idiacanthidae. Placodermi and Chondrichthyes have an eyestalk, a small cartilage linking the eyeball to the braincase … Dictionary of ichthyology
eyestalk — noun Date: 1854 one of the movable peduncles bearing an eye at the tip in a decapod crustacean … New Collegiate Dictionary
eyestalk — see ocular peduncle … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
eyestalk — /uy stawk /, n. Zool. the stalk or peduncle upon which the eye is borne in lobsters, shrimps, etc. [1850 55; EYE + STALK1] * * * … Universalium
eyestalk — A pre segmental appendage on either side of the median line of the carapace and bearing on its distal surface the cornea [Ingle, 1983]. Articulating eye comprising peduncle and (usually) pigmented cornea [Poore, 2004]. Peduncle movably… … Crustacea glossary
eyestalk — eye•stalk [[t]ˈaɪˌstɔk[/t]] n. zool. a stalk or peduncle upon which an eye is borne, as in a lobster or shrimp • Etymology: 1850–55 … From formal English to slang
eyestalk — /ˈaɪstɔk/ (say uystawk) noun the stalk or peduncle upon which the eye is borne in lobsters, shrimps, etc …
