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 Definitions of compound eye  [ˈkɒm paʊnd]  

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Definition of 'compound eye' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) compound eye
an eye, typical of insects, composed of many individual light-sensitive units that form a mosaic of images on the retina.

Etymology:  (1800–10)

Definition of 'compound eye' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) compound eye
in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image

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