| 释义 |
† ommateum Zool. Obs.|ɒməˈtiːəm|
[mod.L., f. Gr. ὄµµα, ὄµµατ- eye.]
(See quots.) Hence ommaˈteal a.
1883Lankester & Bourne in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXIII. 182 This enlarged portion of the hypodermis is, in fact, the soft or living tissue of the eye [of the Scorpion], and may be distinguished from the lens in front of it by a special name. We propose to call it the ommatēum'. The ommateum and the lens together form the eye. Ibid., A well-marked ‘basement membrane’, which in the region of the ommateum may be called the eye-capsule, or, better, the ‘ommateal capsule’. 1884[see next]. 1898A. S. Packard Text-bk. Entomol. 250 (heading) The compound or facetted eye (ommateum). |