noun
compound eye
Zoological term for an eye composed of many individual visual units (ommatidia), as in insects and crustaceans. Contrasts with 単眼 (simple eye).
See also: 単眼
トンボの複眼は数千の個眼からできている。
A dragonfly's compound eye is made up of thousands of ommatidia.
昆虫の複眼は動きを
The compound eyes of insects can quickly detect movement.