Anim. Phys. [f. Gr. βάσι-ς base + ὀφθαλμ-ός eye + -ITE.] The lowest joint of the eye-stalk of Crustacea.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 315. The peduncles of the eye … are composed of … a small proximal basiophthalmite, and a larger terminal podophthalmite.
