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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ommatidium \Om`ma*tid"i*um\, n.; pl. Ommatidia. [NL., dim. of Gr. ?, ?, the eye.] (Zool.) One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates; one of the eyes of an ommateum. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ommatidium n 1: any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods