"ommatidium" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɒməˈtɪdɪəm/ [UK], /ɑməˈtɪdɪəm/ [Canada] Forms: ommatidia [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀμματίδιον (ommatídion, “little eye”), equivalent to ὄμμα (ómma, stem ὄμματ-) + -idium. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ὀμματίδιον||little eye}} Ancient Greek ὀμματίδιον (ommatídion, “little eye”), {{af|en|-idium}} -idium Head templates: {{en-noun|ommatidia}} ommatidium (plural ommatidia)
  1. (zoology) One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates with compound eyes. Wikipedia link: ommatidium Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (substructure of the eye): ommatidi [masculine] (Catalan), ommatidi (Finnish), ommatidie [feminine] (French), оммати́дий (ommatídij) [masculine] (Russian), omatidio [masculine] (Spanish)

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