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stalk-eyed

[stawk-ahyd]
–adjective Anatomy.
having the eyes located on pedicels, as some crustaceans and dipterans.

Origin:
1850–55
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stalk-eyed   (stôk'īd')
adj.  Having the eye at the end of a stalk, as various crustaceans.
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