单词 | eyestalk |
释义 | > as lemmaseyestalk eyestalk n. Zoology †(a) the cephalic fin of a manta ray (obsolete rare); (b) a stalk supporting an eye; esp. the eye peduncle of a crustacean. ΚΠ 1835 R. Owen Descr. Catal. Compar. Anat. III. i. 148 A section of the eye with the eye-stalk of the Devil-fish (Cephaloptera Giorna, Cuv.). 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 25 The snail affords a remarkable, though familiar instance, when it draws in its eye-stalks. 1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish i. 24 At the ends of the eye-stalks are the organs of vision. 1940 G. S. Carter Gen. Zool. Invertebr. viii. 163 A prawn... If the whole eye-stalk of this animal, and its optic ganglion within it, is cut away, an antenna-like organ is regenerated. 2003 National Geographic Feb. 94/2 (caption) The shrimp, dubbed Rimisaris exoculata, or ‘rift shrimp without eyes’, lack eyestalks and lenses. < as lemmas |
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