Definition of compound eye Compound eye

com•pound eye

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What does compound eye mean?

Noun
compound eye - in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image
		oculus, optic, eye a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"

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compound eye (Noun)
A visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It consists of one to thousands of tiny independent photoreception units.