compound eye

English Thesaurus

1. in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image (noun.body)

hypernym	:	eye, oculus, optic,
definition	:	the organ of sight (noun.body)

part holonym	:	ommatidium,
definition	:	any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods (noun.body)