HyperDic: ommatidium

English > 1 sense of the word ommatidium:
NOUNbodyommatidiumany of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods
English > ommatidium: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningAny of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods.
Part ofcompound eyeIn insects and some crustaceans
Broadersimple eye, stemma, ocellusAn eye having a single lens
Spanishomatidio
Catalanomatidio, ommatidi

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