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ommatidium

/ˌɒm.əˈtɪd.i.əm/

Traduction: Nom désignant chacune des petites unités visuelles coniques qui composent l'œil composé des arthropodes, tels que les insectes et les crustacés.

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/ˌɒm.əˈtɪd.i.əm/C2formalscientific
  • frNom désignant chacune des petites unités visuelles coniques qui composent l'œil composé des arthropodes, tels que les insectes et les crustacés.

A noun referring to one of the many small, cone-shaped visual units that together form the compound eye of arthropods such as insects and crustaceans.

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  1. Compound eye unitC2formalscientific

    One of the many small, cone-shaped visual units that together form the compound eye of arthropods like insects and crustaceans.

    frUnité de l'œil composé

    • Each ommatidium in a fly's eye captures a tiny part of the overall image.
    • The compound eye of a dragonfly contains thousands of ommatidia.
    • Scientists study the structure of an ommatidium to understand insect vision.
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  • ommatidia plural form
  • ommatidia's possessive plural form
  • ommatidium's possessive singular form