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Compound Eye

nounid 32490·updated May 18, 2026
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in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Compound Eyes
possessive
Compound Eye's
pluralpossessive
Compound Eyes'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image
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