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1. n. an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color Source: wordnet
2. (a) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) An eyelike spot of color. Source: webster
3. n. an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color Source: ecdict

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color eyelike spot butterflies inside marking ring wings cells consisting covering found invertebrates nerve organ pigment sensory simple termination visual

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