† polymeniscousadj.
Zoology. Obsolete.
Of the eye of an invertebrate (an insect or crustacean): having many lenses; compound.
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polymeniscous1884
1884 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 24 674 The multi-corneal (polymeniscous) eye of Arthropods.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 492 [Arthropoda.] A polymeniscous eye.
1899 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. (ed. 3) xiv. 304 They have only one lens (monomeniscous), whereas the compound forms have many lenses (polymeniscous).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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