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MOSAIC VISION [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

Each of [the individual eyes, which compose the compound eyes] is connected to the brain by an individual nerve fiber and probably sees but a small portion of the visual field. Vision of this type is known as mosaic vision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

[...] les yeux composés ou à facettes [...] [forment] un réseau de minuscules polygones juxtaposés, représentant plusieurs centaines de petits yeux élémentaires [...], dont l'ensemble permet à l'animal immobile d'avoir un champ visuel très étendu et une image des objets assez vague, dite "en mosaïque".

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