| 单词 | compound eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmascompound eye d. Zoology and Botany. Consisting of a combination of individual organisms, as compound animal, compound zoophyte, compound coral, etc., or of simple parts, as compound eye, compound stomach, compound flower, compound fruit, compound leaf, compound umbel, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > [adjective] > compound or composite (of organism or organ) compound1668 multiple1676 composite1753 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 108 Compound; bearing a flower like Jessamine. 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) I. 321 The Dandelion and the Thistle are compound flowers; that is, each of these flowers are composed or compounded of a number of small flowers, called Florets. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 770/2 Certain Crustacea..exhibit..Compound eyes..having distinct facets. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxx. 678 The compound stomach is that possessed by the Ruminantia..and consists of four distinct cavities. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. iii. §4. 100 Compound Leaves are those which have from two to many distinct blades, on a common leaf-stalk. < as lemmas |
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