OMMATIDIUM


Meaning of OMMATIDIUM in English

[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 the elements corresponding to a small simple eye that make up the compound eye of an arthropod -- om.ma.tid.i.al adj

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