corneule

See also: cornéule

English

Etymology

From French cornéule, from New Latin corneula, diminutive of cornea, equivalent to cornea +‎ -ule.

Noun

corneule (plural corneules)

  1. (zoology) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for corneule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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