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adj
Having compound lenses, each with separate cornea, each lens separated from others by shallow scleral walls; corneal membrane ends at lens edge
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh2- Proto-Indo-European *solh2wós Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs) Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English holochroal From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”) + English -al.
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