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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STALK-EYED

STALK-EYED Stalk "-eyed `, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans. Stalked- eyed crustaceans. (Zoöl.) See Podophthalmia.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stalk-eyed

stalk-eyed ▶adjective (of a crustacean ) having eyes mounted on stalks.

 

Oxford Dictionary

stalk-eyed

stalk-eyed ▶adjective (of a crustacean ) having eyes mounted on stalks.