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OMMATIDIUM (ommatidia)

Dictionary entry overview: What does ommatidium mean?

• OMMATIDIUM (noun)
The noun OMMATIDIUM has 1 sense:

1. any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods

Familiarity information: OMMATIDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OMMATIDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

ommatidium ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ommatidium" is a kind of...):

ocellus; simple eye; stemma (an eye having a single lens)

Holonyms ("ommatidium" is a part of...):

compound eye (in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image)

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