The ‘compound’ eyes of insects [...] are made up of large numbers of facets or ommatidia, and in this sense, our own eyes are ‘simple’.
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Ommatidium
//ɑməˈtɪdɪəm//
Synonyms for "ommatidium"
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11 translations across 10 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀμματίδιον noun (substructure of the eye)
Catalan
1 entries- ommatidi noun (substructure of the eye)
Finnish
1 entries- ommatidi noun (substructure of the eye)
French
1 entries- ommatidie noun (substructure of the eye)
German
1 entries- Ommatidium noun (substructure of the eye)
Greek
1 entries- ομματίδιο noun (substructure of the eye)
Latin
1 entries- ommatidium noun (substructure of the eye)
Polish
2 entries- fasetka noun (substructure of the eye)
- omatidium noun (substructure of the eye)
Russian
1 entries- оммати́дий noun (substructure of the eye)
Spanish
1 entries- omatidio noun (substructure of the eye)
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