Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Crustacea, an ophthalmic peduncle; one of the movable stems or stalks upon which are borne the eyes of the stalk-eyed or podophthalmous crustaceans, as a crab or lobster.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An eyestalk; the organ which bears the compound eyes of decapod Crustacea.
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- noun zoology An
eyestalk .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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