Wiktionary
n. (senseid en a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans)A visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It consists of one to thousands of tiny independent photoreception units.
WordNet
n. in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image
Usage examples of "compound eye".
Competitive inhibition, 105 Compound eye, 273 Concussion, 163 Conditioned reflex, 313-17 Conditioning, 312-17 Cones, 289 Conjunctiva, 278 Conjunctivitis, 279 Contraceptives, oral, 108 Convolutions, 149 Cori, Carl F.
She was calmed, and she hugged him and looked nervously up at Karuchai with her unbroken compound eye.
The hilt of Hogg's folding knife stood out from the center of the dragon's left compound eye.
Two hundred and eighteen metres, and Daniel had shot the swooping hoverfly straight through its compound eye.
Each facet of the compound eye burst wherever claw or fang pierced it, spraying a milky white fluid.