"compound eye" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: compound eyes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} compound eye (plural compound eyes)
  1. A visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It consists of one to thousands of tiny independent photoreception units. Wikipedia link: compound eye Translations (a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans): ull compost [masculine] (Catalan), 複眼 /复眼 (fùyǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), facetoog [neuter] (Dutch), verkkosilmä (Finnish), ollo composto [masculine] (Galician), Facettenauge [neuter] (German), összetett szem (Hungarian), samsett auga [neuter] (Icelandic), 複眼 (fukugan) (alt: ふくがん) (Japanese), 복안 (bogan) (alt: 複眼) (Korean), 겹눈 (gyeomnun) (Korean), yl-hooill [feminine] (Manx), сложнай сельме (složnaj seľme) (Moksha), oko złożone [neuter] (Polish), oko mozaikowe [neuter] (Polish), oko fasetkowe [neuter] (Polish), ojo compuesto [masculine] (Spanish), fasettöga [neuter] (Swedish), petek göz (Turkish)

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