OMMATIDIUM

Meaning of OMMATIDIUM in English

[ ˌɒmə'tɪdɪəm ]

■ noun ( plural ommatidia -dɪə ) Entomology each of the optical units that make up the compound eye of an insect.

Origin

C19: mod. L., from Gk ommatidion , dimin. of omma , ommat- 'eye'.

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OMMATIDIUM — noun (plural ommatidia) see: eye Date: 1884 one of the elements corresponding to a small simple eye that make up …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OMMATIDIUM — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ēəm noun ( plural ommatid·ia -ēə) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ommat-, omma eye + New Latin -idium : one …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OMMATIDIUM — (n.) One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates.
Английский словарь Webster
OMMATIDIUM — ( n. ) One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OMMATIDIUM — — ommatidial , adj. /om'euh tid"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. ommatidia /-tid"ee euh/ . Zool. one of the radial …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OMMATIDIUM — n. single part of a compound eye in arthropods (Zoology)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OMMATIDIUM — noun ( plural om·ma·tid·ia -dē-ə) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ommat-, omma eye; akin to Greek ōps eye — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OMMATIDIUM — noun one of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates.
Webster English vocab
OMMATIDIUM — [om.ma.tid.i.um] n, pl -tid.ia [NL, fr. Gk ommat-, omma eye; akin to Gk ops eye--more at eye] (1884): one of …
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OMMATIDIUM — ommatidi|um BrE AmE ˌɒm ə ˈtɪd i‿|əm AmE \ ˌɑːm- ▷ ommatidi|a ə ▷ ommatidi|al əl
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OMMATIDIUM — n. (pl. ommatidia) a structural element in the compound eye of an insect. [mod.L f. Gk ommatidion dimin. of omma …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OMMATIDIUM — n. (pl. ommatidia) a structural element in the compound eye of an insect. [ mod.L f. Gk ommatidion dimin. of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OMMATIDIUM — n. (pl. ommatidia) a structural element in the compound eye of an insect. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk ommatidion dimin. of …
Oxford English vocab
OMMATIDIUM — A single unit or visual section of a compound eye.
English Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection
OMMATIDIUM — Омматидий
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OMMATIDIUM — омматидий
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OMMATIDIUM — омматидий
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OMMATIDIUM — n. Pronunciation: ˌ ä-m ə - ' ti-d ē - ə m Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -tid · ia …
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OMMATIDIAL — adjective see: ommatidium
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FACET — noun Etymology: French ~te, diminutive of face Date: 1625 a small plane surface (as on a cut gem), any of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FACET — I. ˈfasə̇t, ˈfaas-, usu -ə̇d.+V noun also fa·cette fäˈset ( -s ) Etymology: French facette, diminutive of face — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RETINOPHORE — ˈret ə nəˌfō(ə)r noun ( -s ) Etymology: retin- (II) + -phore : one of a group of cells enclosing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRYSTALLINE CONE — noun : a transparent conical refractive body that functions as a lens in each ommatidium of the compound eye of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPOUND EYE — noun : an eye typical of the arthropods found especially in insects and crustaceans and consisting essentially of a great …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APPOSITION EYE — noun : a compound eye that is characteristic of diurnal insects and in which entering light reaches the retina of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RHABDOM — (n.) One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulae in the compound …
Английский словарь Webster
RETINULA — (n.) One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
Английский словарь Webster
RETINOPHORA — (n.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, …
Английский словарь Webster
OMMATIDIA — (pl. ) of Ommatidium
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RHABDOM — ( n. ) One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulae in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETINULA — ( n. ) One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETINOPHORA — ( n. ) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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