OMMATIDIUM


Meaning of OMMATIDIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌä-mə-ˈti-dē-əm ]

noun

( plural om·ma·tid·ia -dē-ə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ommat-, omma eye; akin to Greek ōps eye — more at eye

Date: 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 -dē-əl adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.