schizochroal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Clarke in 1888 (see citation), from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “surface”).
Adjective[edit]
schizochroal (not comparable)
- (of eyes) With compound lenses, each with separate cornea, each lens separated from others by deep scleral walls and forming an image; the corneal membrane extends downward into sclera.
- 1888 November, John M. Clarke, “The structure and development of the visual area in the trilobite, Phacops rana, Green”, in Journal of Morphology[1], volume ii, number 2, Boston, page 254:
- The first group may be designated by the term Holochroal; the second group by the term Schizochroal.