ommateum

[om-uh-tee-uhm]

noun

Zoology.

plural

ommatea 

1. compound eye.

Other Word Forms

• ommateal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ommateum¹

1880–85; < New Latin < Greek ommat- (stem of ómma ) eye + New Latin -eum noun suffix

Example Sentences

Edited by Robert M. West, the 966 poems in this two-volume set begin with the collection “Ommateum With Doxology,” which Ammons self-published in 1955, and end with “Bosh and Flapdoodle,” published posthumously in 2005.

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