beholder aliased into oculothorax

From the Latin oculus meaning “eye” and thorax for “chest,” this creature’s body is primarily an eyeball. Common variants include one giant central eye in a body over a wide mouth, smaller eyes (which may or may not be on stalks) around the central one, or a “body” that is nothing but a disembodied eye, perhaps with a pair of demonic wings.
Tabletop Games
-Dungeons & Dragons
–The Trope Codifier for modern fantasy is the Beholder, pictured above. These powerful aberrations are eight-foot-wide floating heads dominated by a central eye