n. (Zoöl.) (a) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) An eyelike spot of color. [ 1913 Webster ]
[kanranhagi ; burakkusupottosa-janfisshu ; burakkusupottosa-jonfisshu](n) black-spot surgeonfish (Acanthurus bariene, species of tang found from Mozambique and Maldives to the western Pacific); roundspot surgeonfish; bariene surgeonfish; eye-spot surgeon[Add to Longdo]