optic stalk
noun
1 Embryology the stalk connecting the optic vesicle with the forebrain, from which the optic tract develops.
2 Zoology the ommatophore of a snail.
3 Zoology the eyestalk of a crustacean.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.
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