ALL meanings of compound eye
compound eye
C c - noun compound eye the convex eye of insects and some crustaceans, consisting of numerous separate light-sensitive units (ommatidia) 3
- noun compound eye an eye made up of numerous simple eyes functioning collectively, as in insects 3
- noun compound eye an arthropod eye subdivided into many individual, light-receptive elements, each including a lens, a transmitting apparatus, and retinal cells. 1
- noun compound eye A visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It consists of one to thousands of tiny independent photoreception units. 0