pseudopupil

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + pupil.

  1. derived from pūpillus
  2. derived from pupille
  3. inherited from pupille
  4. prefixed as pseudopupil — “pseudo + pupil

Definitions

  1. A dark spot that moves across the compound eye of an invertebrate as it is rotated,…

    A dark spot that moves across the compound eye of an invertebrate as it is rotated, caused by absorption and reflection of incident light by the ommatidia.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudopupil. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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