stemmata

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stemmata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stemma \Stem"ma\, n.; pl. Stemmata. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, pl. ?, a
     garland or chaplet.] (Zool.)
     (a) One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.
     (b) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
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