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Definition of Ommateum

Ommateum
Ommateum Om`ma*te"um, n.; pl. Ommatea. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, the eye.] (Zo["o]l.) A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.

Meaning of Ommateum from wikipedia

- A compound eye is a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It may consist of thousands of ommatidia, which are tiny independent...
- periods. Some of his poems end in ellipses, or in no punctuation at all. Ommateum, with Doxology. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1955. Reprinted, with Preface by...
- introduction by John Betjeman Charles Tomlinson, The Necklace A.R. Ammons, Ommateum with Doxology, his first book W. H. Auden, The Shield of Achilles, a book...