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om·ma·tid·i·um
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ēəm\ noun
(plural ommatid·ia \-ēə\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ommat-, omma eye + New Latin -idium
: one of the elements corresponding to a small simple eye or ocellus that make up the compound eye of an arthropod and that typically consist of an external corneal lens beneath which is a crystalline cone and below it a rhabdom which is enclosed in a sensitive retinula protected by pigment |