Eyestalk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A movable stalklike structure in certain crustaceans, such as crabs and shrimp, that bears an eye at the tip.
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  • n. A motile stalk having an eye at the tip
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The stem or stalk upon which an eye is borne, as in the stalk-eyed crustaceans; the ophthalmite. See cut under stalk-eyed.
    • Word Usage
    "It was kind of laughable ... the eyestalk was a flashlight, lit bulb and all!)"
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