eyestalk

[ ahy-stawk ]

noun

, Zoology.

1. the stalk or peduncle upon which the eye is borne in lobsters, shrimps, etc.

eyestalk

/ ˈaɪˌstɔːk /

noun

1. a movable stalk bearing a compound eye at its tip: occurs in crustaceans and some molluscs

eyestalk

/ ī′stôk′ /

1. A movable stalk having a compound eye on its tip, found on crabs, lobsters, and other crustaceans.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eyestalk¹

First recorded in 1850–55; eye + stalk ¹

Example Sentences

Consider also, the littlest; how it stares, for several minutes each afternoon, through the window — left eyestalk long, right eyestalk short.

From New York Times

L. paradoxum exists largely in the eyestalk of the snail, the part the birds go for, as it most resembles a caterpillar, according to the New York Post.

From Fox News

Elsewhere along the winding and twisting streets of Black Spire Outpost, a larger, less ornate version of the park’s New Orleans Square, partaking in a drinking fountain could trigger city sewers, sending the creepy, hairy eyestalk of a Dianoga — seen in the trash compactor of “Episode IV” — face to face with the thirsty guest.

From Los Angeles Times

Elsewhere along the winding and twisting streets of Black Spire Outpost, a larger, less ornate version of the park’s New Orleans Square, partaking in a drinking fountain could trigger city sewers, sending the creepy, hairy eyestalk of a Dianoga — seen in the trash compactor of “Episode IV” — face to face with the thirsty guest.

From Los Angeles Times

The longer the eyestalk, the bigger the male, says Painting, and the more attracted the female is to him.

From National Geographic