SIMPLE EYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does simple eye mean? 

• SIMPLE EYE (noun)
  The noun SIMPLE EYE has 1 sense:

1. an eye having a single lens

  Familiarity information: SIMPLE EYE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMPLE EYE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An eye having a single lens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ocellus; simple eye; stemma

Hypernyms ("simple eye" is a kind of...):

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "simple eye"):

ommatidium (any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods)