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