複ふく眼がん

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

• トンボの複ふく眼がんは数すう千せんの個こ眼がんからできている。

  A dragonfly's compound eye is made up of thousands of ommatidia.

• 昆こん虫ちゅうの複ふく眼がんは動うごきを素す早ばやく感かん知ちできる。

  The compound eyes of insects can quickly detect movement.