Synonyms for eyespot
ˈaɪˌspɒteye·spot

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1. eyespot, ocellusnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   stemma, ocellus, simple eye

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1. • Marking

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1. Conrad Labandeira:

   That, in turn, suggests that the two groups of insects share a genetic program for eyespot production, the last common ancestor of these insects lived about 320 million years ago, deep in the Paleozoic. So we think this must be a developmental mechanism that goes all the way back to the origins of winged insects.