Meaning of ommatidium | Babel Free
ɒməˈtɪdɪəmDefinitions
One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates with compound eyes.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Ommatidium
Español
omatidio
Suomi
ommatidi
Français
ommatidie
Latina
ommatidium
Русский
оммати́дий
Examples
“The ‘compound’ eyes of insects [...] are made up of large numbers of facets or ommatidia, and in this sense, our own eyes are ‘simple’.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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