Ommatidium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the structural elements, resembling a single simplified eye, that make up the compound eye of insects and other arthropods.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates; one of the eyes of an ommateum.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A radial element or segment of the compound eye of an arthropod.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stemma    ocellus    simple eye   
    Variant
    ommatidia   
     
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