An eye made up of many light-sensitive facets
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Composed of many elements or ommatidia
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Eye formed of multiple lens components
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(from the article `photoreception`) Aggregations of ocelli are found in several lower animals—in polychaete worms, for example. True compound eyes are found only in the arthropods, ... [5 related articles]
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Compound eye of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster Credit: J. Kumar, Indiana University The type of eye comonly found in arthropods, including many insects and crustacea. A compound eye has a meshlike appearance because it consists of hundreds or thousands of tiny lens-capped optical units...
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An eye consisting of many individual elements or ommatidia each of which is represented externally by a facet.
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The eye of arthropods, most highly developed in insects and crustaceans; the eye consists of a group of functionally related visual elements (ommatidia) whose corneal surfaces collectively form a segment of a sphere. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Eye made up of an aggregation of separate visual elements, known as ommatidia, each of which corresponds to a single facet of the cornea.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the eye of arthropods, most highly developed in insects and crustaceans; the eye consists of a group of functionally related visual elements (ommatidia) with corneal surfaces that collectively form a segment of a sphere.
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Found in many but not all arthropods, a compound eye is composed of a large number of small, closely packed simple eyes (ommatidia), each with its own lens and nerve receptors.
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Found in many but not all arthropods, a compound eye is composed of a large number of small, closely packed simple eyes (ommatidia), each with its own lens and nerve receptors.
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n] - in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image
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an eye made up of separate units, each with its own lens and optic nerve fiber. Bees and shrimp have compound eyes
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an eye with hundreds of light sensitive parts
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the main visual organ in insects.
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noun in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image
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Type of eye subdivided into many individual, light-receptive parts, such as that found in insects, crustaceans, etc.
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paired aggregations of separate visual elements known as ommatidia that are located on the insect head. Each pair of ommatidia corresponds with a single facet of the cornea.
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an eye consisting of many individual elements each of which is externally represented by a facet
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an eye composed of many separate units, each receiving part of the image
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an arthropod eye subdivided into many individual, light-receptive elements, each including a lens, a transmitting apparatus, and retinal cells.
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