Meanings
nouncompound eye (plural compound eyes)
plural compound eyes
- biologyA visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It consists of one to thousands of tiny independent photoreception units.
Translations
Catalan ull compost
- ull composta visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Chinese Mandarin 複眼 /复眼
- 複眼 /复眼 (fùyǎn)a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Dutch facetoog
- facetooga visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Finnish verkkosilmä
- verkkosilmäa visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
German Facettenauge, Komplexauge
- Facettenaugea visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
- Komplexaugea visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Hungarian összetett szem
- összetett szema visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Icelandic samsett auga
- samsett augaa visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Japanese 複眼
- 複眼 (fukugan)a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Korean 복안, 겹눈
- 복안 (bogan)a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
- 겹눈 (gyeomnun)a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Polish oko złożone, oko mozaikowe
- oko złożonea visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
- oko mozaikowea visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
- oko fasetkowea visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Spanish ojo compuesto
- ojo compuestoa visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Swedish fasettöga
- fasettögaa visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Turkish petek göz
- petek göza visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans
Cite this entry
APA
compound eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compound%20eye
MLA
“compound eye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compound%20eye. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compound eye,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compound%20eye.
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