corneule

See also: cornéule

English

Etymology

From French cornéule, from New Latin corneola, diminutive of cornea. By surface analysis, cornea +‎ ule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)nijuːl/

Noun

corneule (plural corneules)

1. (zoology) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates.
   • 1856, William Benjamin Carpenter, The Microscope: and its revelations:

     Behind each “corneule" is a layer of dark pigment, which takes the place, and serves the purpose, of the “iris” in the eyes of Vertebrate animals.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “corneule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• encolure