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stem⋅ma

[stem-uh]
–noun, plural stem⋅ma⋅ta [stem-uh-tuh] .
ocellus (def. 1).

Origin:
1650–60; < NL < Gk stémma wreath, garland, deriv. (with -ma n. suffix of result) from root of stéphos garland, stéphein to crown; from the crownlike appearance of ocelli in certain insects
stem·ma   (stěm'ə)   
n.   pl. stem·ma·ta (stěm'ə-tə) or stem·mas
  1. A scroll recording the genealogy of an ancient Roman family; a family tree.
  2. The genealogy of the manuscripts of a literary work.
  3. A small, circular, simple eye present in various insect larvae.

[Latin stemma, stemmat-, from Greek, garland, from stephein, to encircle.]

Stemma

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.
Language Translation for : stemma
Spanish: escudo, blasón,
German: das Wappen,
Japanese: 紋章
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