ommatidium

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Noun ommatidium has 1 sense

ommatidium - any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods
--₁ is a kind of simple eye, stemma, ocellus
--₁ is a part of compound eye

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Ommatidium

Noun:

A small visual unit that makes up the compound eye of arthropods.

Sample Sentence:

The ommatidium of a dragonfly contains multiple light-sensitive cells.

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