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holoptic en · ADJ

Etymology

From holo- + optic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of the insect eye) Occupying most of the surface of the head, and sometimes meeting in the middle
    • Head holoptic, facets in dorsal half of eye enlarged. 2015 July 27, Miroslav Barták, Štěpán Kubík, “Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera, Empididae)”, in ZooKeys, →DOI: