holoptic

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adjective

Occupying most of the surface of the head, and sometimes meeting in the middle

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Meanings

adjectiveholoptic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccupying most of the surface of the head, and sometimes meeting in the middle

    Head holoptic, facets in dorsal half of eye enlarged.

    2015 July 27, Miroslav Barták, Štěpán Kubík, “Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera, Empididae)”, in ZooKeys, →DOI

Origin

From holo- + optic.

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MLA

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Chicago

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