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Meaning of STEMMA

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Stem"ma\, n.; pl. {Stemmata}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, pl. ?, a
garland or chaplet.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of the ocelli of an insect. See {Ocellus}.
(b) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.

 

 

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