ommatidie

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ommatidie

\ɔ.ma.ti.di\

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Dérivé de ὄμμα, ómma (« œil »), avec le suffixe -tidie (« diminutif »)

noun ommatidies

Structure unitaire d’un œil composé ou œil à facettes. Ommatidie d'arthropodes.

In English

facet anatomy: one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans
ommatidium substructure of the eye

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@misc{ommatidie_2026,
  title = {ommatidie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/ommatidie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}