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stalk-eyed

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[stawk-ahyd] / ˈstɔkˌaɪd /

adjective

Anatomy.

  1. having the eyes located on pedicels, as some crustaceans and dipterans.

Etymology

Origin of stalk-eyed

First recorded in 1850–55

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