ommatidium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɒməˈtɪdɪəm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  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’.

词形变化

ommatidia plural

词源

From Ancient Greek ὀμματίδιον (ommatídion, “little eye”), equivalent to ὄμμα (ómma, stem ὄμματ-) + -idium.
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