ommatidia
ommatidia — 名詞
1. Each of the many tiny light-sensitive structures that, packed together in large
小眼
構成複眼的獨立感光單位
Each of the many tiny light-sensitive structures that, packed together in large numbers, form the faceted visual organ on the head of an insect, crustacean, or other arthropod — with every unit operating independently like a miniature eye.
Under a microscope, Yasmin saw the thousands of ommatidia forming a bee's compound eye.
在顯微鏡下，Yasmin 看到構成蜜蜂複眼的數千個小眼。
ommatidia + of + bee compound eye — microscope observation
A dragonfly's ommatidia each work like tiny cameras that detect light from one direction.
蜻蜓的每個小眼都像一台迷你相機，偵測來自單一方向的光線。
each ommatidium + in + [insect] + works like — analogy
The mantis shrimp has some of the most complex ommatidia of any animal.
皮皮蝦擁有動物界中最複雜的小眼結構之一。
Wei showed the class a picture of housefly ommatidia arranged in neat, regular rows.
Wei 向全班展示家蠅小眼整齊排列的圖片。
Ommatidia are packed so tightly that a bee sees less detail than a human does.
小眼排列得非常緊密，因此蜜蜂看到的細節比人類少。
文法句型
ommatidia + of + [arthropod/insect]
number + ommatidia
用法筆記
The plural form ommatidia is far more common than the singular ommatidium, since compound eyes are always discussed in terms of many units. Common in entomology, marine biology, and comparative anatomy writing.