Definitions for eyestalkˈaɪˌstɔk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

eye•stalkˈaɪˌstɔk(n.)

  1. a stalk or peduncle upon which an eye is borne, as in a lobster or shrimp.

    Category: Zoology

Origin of eyestalk:

1850–55

Wiktionary

  1. eyestalk(Noun)

    A motile stalk having an eye at the tip

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eyestalk(noun)

    one of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip


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