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ommatidia

ommatidia is the plural of ommatidium.

Meaning of ommatidium

Noun

ommatidium (plural ommatidia)

  1. One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates with compound eyes.
    • The ‘compound’ eyes of insects [...] are made up of large numbers of facets or ommatidia, and in this sense, our own eyes are ‘simple’.1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, published 1996, page 12

Questions about ommatidia

What is ommatidia the plural of?
Ommatidia is the plural of ommatidium.

Words near ommatidia in the dictionary

  1. ommatea
  2. ommateal
  3. ommateum
  4. ommatid
  5. ommatidi
  6. ommatidia
  7. ommatidial
  8. ommatidium
  9. ommatids
  10. ommatin
  11. ommatins

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