- ommatidia
- (Order Isopoda):Individual visual components of the compound eye [Kensley and Schotte, 1989].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
ommatidia
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Ommatidia — Ommatidium Om ma*tid i*um, n.; pl. {Ommatidia}. [NL., dim. of Gr. ?, ?, the eye.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates; one of the eyes of an ommateum. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ommatidia — É‘mÉ™ tɪdɪəm / É’m n. single part of a compound eye in arthropods (Zoology) … English contemporary dictionary
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