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organ that detects light and converts it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons
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Summary

eye is an organ type[1]. eye draws 8,333 Wikipedia views per month (organ type category, ranking #23 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3], sensory organ[4]
  • Subclass of: animal organ[5], set of heterogeneous clusters[6], particular anatomical entity[7], sensory organ[8]
  • Part of: visual system[9]
  • Has use: visual perception[10]
  • Commons category: Eyes[11]
  • Unicode character: ๐Ÿ‘[12], ๐Ÿ‘€[13]
  • Has part(s): posterior chamber of eyeball[14], sclerasdcbn[15], choroid[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Eye[17]
  • Commons gallery: Eye[18]
  • Described by source: Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[19], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Encyclopรฆdia Britannica 11th edition[23], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[24], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[25], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[26]
  • Topic has template: Template:Eye anatomy[27]
  • Has characteristic: eye color[28]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12401[29]
  • Different from: Oko[30], Auge[31], Ain El Delb[32]
  • History of topic: evolution of the eye[33]
  • Studied by: biology of colour[34], optometry[35]
  • Connects with: optic nerve[36], eyestalk[37]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q22828850[38], Q110127285[39]
  • Development of anatomical structure: eye development[40]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[41], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[42]

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Influence

Things named for eye include Pinocchio[43], a literary character[44]; eye dialect[45], a term[46]; porthole[47]; frogeye salad[48]; Alaus oculatus[49], a taxon[50]; Ophthalmosaurus[51], a fossil taxon[52]; IJsseloog[53], an artificial island[54], in Netherlands[55]; and LTT 9779[56], a high proper-motion star[57].

Why It Matters

eye has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] eye is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

Entities named for eye include Pinocchio[43], a literary character[44]; eye dialect[45], a term[46]; porthole[47]; frogeye salad[48]; Alaus oculatus[49], a taxon[50]; and Ophthalmosaurus[51], a fossil taxon[52].

Related Entities

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Class ancestry

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  3. [59] โ†‘ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago ยท ุนูุซู…ุงู† ยท 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata โ†—
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  3. 11w ago ยท Pierrotrgr ยท 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata โ†—
    Jewish encyclopedia id โ†’ 5946
    Biblissima authority id โ†’ Christian Meyer
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  4. 15w ago ยท Xeroctic ยท 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata โ†—
    Tv tropes id โ†’ Main/EyeTropes
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  5. 16w ago ยท Susmuffin ยท 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata โ†—
    Harper's tag โ†’ eye, eyes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: eye, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289927631|eye (#289927631)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  6. 17w ago ยท Jindล™ich Rubeลก ยท 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata โ†—
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