ommateum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin ommateum, from Ancient Greek ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).
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Noun[edit]
ommateum (plural ommatea)
- (zoology, archaic) A compound eye, found on, for example, insects and crustaceans.
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References[edit]
- “ommateum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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