schizochroal

Meaning

Adjective

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.

Origin

Coined by Clarke in 1888 (see citation), from Ancient Greek σχίζω ("to split") + χρώς.

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