Pupil
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![The W-shaped pupil of the cuttlefish expanding when the lights are turned off](/Images/godic/202502/05/-Sepia_eyelid_shape.theora.ogv1006.jpg")
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The pupil is a hole located in the centre of the iris of the eye that allows light to strike the retina. It appears black because light rays entering the pupil are either absorbed by the tissues inside the eye directly, or absorbed after diffuse reflections within the eye that mostly miss exiting the narrow pupil.