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from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of, or having, many lenses, or facets, as an insect's eye.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having numerous
facets ; -- said of thecompound eyes ofinsects andcrustaceans .
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