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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A movable stalk ending with an eye, as found in certain snails.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In Mollusca, an eye-stalk; any part, as a tentacle, bearing an eye or organ of vision. The horns of various snails are examples. The ommatophores of crustaceans are called ophthalmites.

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  1. n. An eyestalk

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  2. Greek omma, ommat-, eye; + -phore. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. ommatophorous
  1. ophthalmophore
  1. sessile

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