ommateum (plural ommatea)
(zoology) A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.
Source: Wiktionary
Om`ma*te"um, n.; pl. Ommatea. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
