Etymology

ommatophore

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Today it means: An eyestalk. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὄμμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄμμα“eye”
  2. English todayommatophore

From the stem form of Ancient Greek ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”) + -phore.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὄμμα all →

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