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noun
One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates with compound eyes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: simple eye, stemma, ocellus
History
From Ancient Greek ὀμματίδιον (ommatídion, “little eye”), equivalent to ὄμμα (ómma, stem ὄμματ-) + -idium.
Across languages
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