Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A compound eye, as in crustaceans and insects.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.

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  • noun zoology A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

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  • Compound eye. (from Phrontistery)

    May 25, 2008