parietal eye

noun

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

Origin of parietal eye

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby parietal eye

parietal, parietal bone, parietal cell, parietal emissary vein, parietal endocarditis, parietal eye, parietal fistula, parietal foramen, parietal hernia, parietal lobe, parietal node