- ommatidial
- om·ma·tid·i·al
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ommatidial
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ommatidial — adjective see ommatidium … New Collegiate Dictionary
ommatidial — See ommatidium. * * * … Universalium
ommatidial — adjective Of or pertaining to the ommatidia … Wiktionary
ommatidial — |ämə|tidēəl adjective Etymology: ommatidium + al : of, relating to, or having ommatidia … Useful english dictionary
ommatidium — ommatidial, adj. /om euh tid ee euhm/, n., pl. ommatidia / tid ee euh/. Zool. one of the radial elements composing a compound eye. [1880 85; < NL < Gk ommat (s. of ómma eye) + NL idium IDIUM] * * * … Universalium
photoreception — photoreceptive, adj. /foh toh ri sep sheuhn/, n. the physiological perception of light. [1905 10; PHOTO + RECEPTION] * * * Biological responses to stimulation by light, most often referring to the mechanism of vision. In one celled organisms such … Universalium
ommatidium — noun (plural ommatidia) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ommat , omma eye; akin to Greek ōps eye more at eye Date: 1884 one of the elements corresponding to a small simple eye that make up the compound eye of an arthropod • ommatidial adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Eye — For other uses, see Eye (disambiguation), Ocular (disambiguation), Ocular, and Oculus. For taxon specific articles, see human eye, simple eye in invertebrates, mollusc eye, and arthropod eye. Eye … Wikipedia
Tetraconata — The Tetraconata is a clade consisting of the Crustacea (crabs, lobsters, and shrimp) and Hexapoda (insects). It is the sister clade to the Myriochelata.The evidence for this clade derives from molecular data and morphological characteristics. The … Wikipedia
Triops cancriformis — Pour l’article homonyme, voir Triops (mythologie). Triops cancriformis … Wikipédia en Français
