Compound eye

Compound eye

An eye that is made up of thousands of tiny parts that act like lenses. Each of these parts is sensitive to light and forms part of an image.

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compound eye

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The eye of arthropods, most highly developed in insects and crustaceans. It consists of a group of functionally related visual elements (ommatidia), each having its own refractive ...

compound eye

Anatomy; Gross anatomy

An eye that is made up of thousands of tiny parts that act like lenses. Each of these parts is sensitive to light and forms part of an image.

compound eye

Biology; Zoology

Found in many but not all arthropods, a compound eye is composed of a large number of small, closely packed simple eyes (ommatidia), each with its own lens and nerve receptors.

compound eye

Animals; Insects

Eye made up of an aggregation of separate visual elements, known as ommatidia, each of which corresponds to a single facet of the cornea.

compound eye

Biology; Entomology

An eye consisting of many individual elements or ommatidia each of which is represented externally by a facet.

compound eye

Animals; Animals

An eye that is divided up into separate compartments, each with its own set of lenses. Compound eyes are most commonly found in arthropods and can contain from a few to thousands ...