COMPOUND EYE

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

In insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("compound eye" is a kind of...):

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)

Meronyms (parts of "compound eye"):

ommatidium (any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods)

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