parietal eye

parietal eye

noun
Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.

Origin:
1885–90
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Parietal eye is always a great word to know.
So is aschelminthes. Does it mean:
major grouping of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms
cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates with gills, often have fins and elongated body covered with scales
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