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Definition of Ommatidia
1. ommatidium [n] - See also: ommatidium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ommatidia
Literary usage of Ommatidia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology by Museum of Comparative Zoology, John E. Cadle, Harvard University (1891)
"The Differentiation of the ommatidia. In the development of the compound eye in
the lobster, the deposi- tiou of pigment and the differentiation ..."
2. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"facets, which are the ends of long visual rods, the ommatidia. The average number
of ommatidia in a single eye is 2500. The parts of an ommatidium are shown ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1904)
"The ommatidia, or eye elements, of each of the regions differ, as shown by
sections (see PI. XVII, fig. i.) in many particulars. ..."
4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1900)
"The ommatidia of the dorsal large faceted eye are nearly twice as wide and they
are tully twice as long as the ommatidia of the small faceted eye. ..."
5. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"The eyes of the crayfish are supposed to produce an erect mosaic or " apposition
image"; this is illustrated in Figure 104 where the ommatidia are ..."
6. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"The eyes of the crayfish are supposed to produce an erect mosaic or " apposition
image"; this is illustrated in Figure 104 where the ommatidia are ..."
7. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"The eyes of the crayfish are supposed to produce an erect mosaic or "apposition
image"; this is illustrated in Figure 104 where the ommatidia are ..."
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