Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Possessing a well-developed crystalline lens or cone: said of the eyes of certain insects, as the Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera, many Coleoptera, Neuroptera, etc.: opposed to
acone andpseudocone .
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Acone: applied to compound eyes in which the individual ocelli have no crystalline cone or lens; see eucone.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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