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Definition of: ommatidium
(om′ə·tid′ē·əm) noun plural ·tid·i·a (-tid′ē·ə) Zool.
One of the simple elements of a compound eye, as in arthropods. [<NL, dim. of Gk. omma, -atos eye]
—om′ma·tid′i·al adjective
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