1. relating to or characteristic of an ommatidium, one of the individual visual units that make up the compound eye of an arthropod
Usage: biological; technical

Examples

• The ommatidial structure of the dragonfly’s eye allows it to detect rapid movement.
• Each ommatidial unit contains its own lens and photoreceptor cells.
• The researcher studied the ommatidial arrangement in different insect species.
• Ommatidial density varies significantly between nocturnal and diurnal insects.
• The compound eye’s ommatidial organization provides a wide field of view.
• Scientists examined the ommatidial development during the larval stage.