ommateum

[ om-uh-tee-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Zoology.

plural ommatea

compound eye.

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Other Word Forms

�ǳ�m��·�ٱ�a�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ommateum¹

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

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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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OMM ommatidium

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