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Meaning of "ommatophore" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OMMATOPHORE

From Greek omma eye + -phore.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OMMATOPHORE

ommatophore  [ɒˈmætəˌfɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OMMATOPHORE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ommatophore is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OMMATOPHORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ommatophore

Eyestalk

In anatomy, an eyestalk is a protrusion that extends the eye away from the body, giving the eye a better field of view than if it were unextended. It is common in nature and in fiction.

Definition of ommatophore in the English dictionary

The definition of ommatophore in the dictionary is a movable stalk or tentacle bearing an eye, occurring in lower animals such as crabs and snails.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OMMATOPHORE


anaphor
ˈænəˌfɔː
carrefour
ˈkærəˌfɔː
chromatophore
ˈkrəʊmətəˌfɔː
chromophore
ˈkrəʊməˌfɔː
conidiophore
kəʊˈnɪdɪəˌfɔː
ctenophore
ˈtɛnəˌfɔː
iodophor
ˈaɪəʊdəˌfɔː
ionophore
aɪˈɒnəˌfɔː
lophophore
ˈləʊfəˌfɔː
nematophore
ˈnemətəˌfɔː
odontophore
ɒˈdɒntəˌfɔː
photophore
ˈfəʊtəˌfɔː
pinafore
ˈpɪnəˌfɔː
rhynchophore
ˈrɪŋkəˌfɔː
semaphore
ˈsɛməˌfɔː
siphonophore
ˈsaɪfənəˌfɔː
therefore
ˈðɛəˌfɔː
trochophore
ˈtrɒkəˌfɔː
wherefor
ˈweəˌfɔː
wherefore
ˈwɛəˌfɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OMMATOPHORE

omittance
omitted
omitter
omitting
omlah
OMM
ommateum
ommatidia
ommatidial
ommatidium
ommatophorous
Ommiad
omneity
omnia vincit amor
omniana
omniarch
omnibenevolence
omnibenevolent
omnibus
omnibus bill

WORDS THAT END LIKE OMMATOPHORE

aerophore
androgynophore
androphore
anthophore
carpophore
fluorophore
gametophore
glucophore
gonophore
gynophore
hymenophore
mastigophore
melanophore
odoriphore
pneumatophore
rhizophore
shore
spermatophore
spirophore
sporangiophore
sporophore

Synonyms and antonyms of ommatophore in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ommatophore» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OMMATOPHORE

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ommatophore
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ommatophore
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ओमॅटोफोरे
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Translator English - Greek

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Trends of use of ommatophore

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OMMATOPHORE»

The term «ommatophore» is used very little and occupies the 165.049 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OMMATOPHORE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ommatophore» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ommatophore» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ommatophore

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OMMATOPHORE»

Discover the use of ommatophore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ommatophore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Animal Forms And Functions: Invertebrata
The epithelial covering of the ommatophore is continued over the eye where it becomes thin and transparent to from the outer cornea or pellucida externa. The epithelial cells of outer cornea are small, squarish, non-sensory and ...
P.Puranik, Asha Bhate, 2007
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Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
Sur l'individu étendu, le rétracteur de l'ommatophore apparaissait distinctement entre les conduits excréteurs mâle et femelle. Sur l'individu contracté, au contraire, l'ommatophore avec son rétracteur semblaient être situés à côté des organes ...
‎1779
3
Text Book Of Mollusca
From near the base of each tentacle projects a small, stumpy eye-stalk or ommatophore bearing a small but prominent eye at its tip. 2. Foot The large, strong, muscular, ventral part of the body forms the foot when fully expanded, it is roughly ...
A. Saxena, 2005
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Advanced Biophysics
In pila globosa (Mollusca) there are a pair of small black eyes, each situated on a short stalk, the ommatophore, arising outside the true tentacle of its side. Each eye consists of an egg shaped optic vesicle, embedded in the connective tissue a  ...
S.K. Agarwal, 2005
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Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis
... ocelli: small eye spot(s). octopine: one of the opines, a group of amino acids rarely found in nature; formed during anaerobic synthesis of ATP in Sipunculus nadus. ocular peduncle: see ommatophore. oesophageal caecum: in polychaetes, ...
Pamela L. Beesley, Graham J. B. Ross, Christopher J. Glasby, 2000
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Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk forening ...
Sur l'individu étendu, le rétracteur de l'ommatophore apparaissait distinctement entre les conduits excréteurs mâle et femelle. Sur l'individu contracté, au contraire, l'ommatophore avec son rétracteur semblaient être situés à côté des organes ...
‎1929
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Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College
At its distal end each ommatophore bears a conspicuous eye. It is darkened two thirds the distance to its base. At the base of each ommatophore above there is a small but conspicuous, black, sessile eye. The median tentacle arises in the ...
Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1919
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The Annelida Polychaeta
At its distal end each ommatophore bears a conspicuous eye. It is darkened two thirds the distance to its base. At the base of each ommatophore above there is a small but conspicuous, black, sessile eye. The median 'tentacle arises in the ...
Ralph Vary Chamberlin, 1919
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Arquivos do Museu Nacional
The tree is the same if the character was considered non-additive, the indices, however, change to CI: 50 and RI: 81. 12. Ommatophore in tentacles; 0= absent; 1 = present (all species) (CI: 100; RI: 100). The ommatophore is here defined as a ...
Museu Nacional (Brazil), 2004
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Memoirs
At its distal end each ommatophore bears a conspicuous eye. It is darkened two thirds the distance to its base. At the base of each ommatophore above there is a small but conspicuous, black, sessile eye. The median tentacle arises in the ...
Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1919

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