Having eye-like spots.The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator.
(in compounds) Having the specified kind or number of eyes.
1901 November 7, Gertrude C. Davenport and Charles C. Davenport, “Heredity of Eye-color in Manâ€, in Science, New Series, MacMillan, Volume 26, Number 670, page 592:Gray and blue-eyed parents will tend to have either gray-eyed children only or an equal number of gray- and of blue-eyed children according as the gray-eyed parent is homozygous or heterozygous.