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polyommatous

polyommatous adjective: having many eyes or eye-like organs.

Adjective

polyommatous (not comparable)

  1. Having many eyes or eye-like organs.

Origin of polyommatous

From poly- + Ancient Greek ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”) + -ous.

Questions about polyommatous

What does polyommatous mean?
Polyommatous means having many eyes or eye-like organs.
What part of speech is polyommatous?
Polyommatous is an adjective.

Words near polyommatous in the dictionary

  1. polyomavirus
  2. polyomaviruses
  3. polyomino
  4. polyominoes
  5. polyominos
  6. polyommatous
  7. polyoncosis
  8. polyonomous
  9. polyonomy
  10. polyonychia
  11. polyonym

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