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Webster 1913 Edition


Stemma

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Stem′ma

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Noun.
;
pl.
Stemmata
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.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], pl. [GREEK], 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.