compound eye (n)

n05312427

type n
lex_filenum 08
def in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image
Outgoing links
Hypernym eye, oculus, optic
Part meronym ommatidium
Incoming links
Hyponym eye, oculus, optic
Part holonym ommatidium

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