dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/omm_MW.json
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{
"Ommastrephes":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a widely distributed genus (type of the family Ommastrephidae) of extremely active cephalopods (order Decapoda) having a cylindrical body, large rhombic terminal fins, and short strong arms":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek omma eye + strephein to turn":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u02c8mastr\u0259\u02ccf\u0113z"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023211",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ommateal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or having compound eyes":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"ommate um + -al":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u00e4m\u0259\u00a6t\u0113\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173509",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ommateum":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": compound eye":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek ommat-, omma eye":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030318",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ommochrome":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various pigments derived from tryptophan and found especially in the eyes of insects":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4m\u0259\u02cckr\u014dm"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"ommo- (from Greek omma eye) + -chrome":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123833"
},
"ommatophore":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a movable peduncle bearing an eye":[
"a snail probing with his eyes at the end of their ommatophores"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u02c8mat\u0259\u02ccf\u014d(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from (assumed) New Latin ommatophorus , from Greek ommat-, omma eye + New Latin -o- + -phorus -phore":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041610"
},
"ommatin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an ommochrome (as a brown pigment in the eye of the fruit fly) of low molecular weight":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4m\u0259t\u0259\u0307n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek ommat-, omma eye + English -in":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-042238"
},
"ommatidium":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the elements corresponding to a small simple eye that make up the compound eye of an arthropod":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02c8ti-d\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In this kind of compound eye, each ommatidium has to be encased in something that blocks light in order to isolate it from the neighboring ommatidia, keeping each unit distinct. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 15 Aug. 2020",
"At the top of each ommatidium is a lens, with cone cells beneath it that also help focus incoming light. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 15 Aug. 2020",
"The tiny organ contains 100 ommatidia , or subunits that make up compound eyes found today in many insects, surrounding a light-sensing structure called a rhabdom. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 11 Dec. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek ommat-, omma eye; akin to Greek \u014dps eye \u2014 more at eye":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060223"
}
}