What does ommatidium mean?
Ommatidium means (zoology) One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates with compound eyes..
Ommatidium
/ɒməˈtɪdɪəm/ · noun
Meaning
(zoology) One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates with compound eyes..
Example Sentences
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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- ommatidia
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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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