dichoptic, a. Zool.
(daɪˈkɒptɪk)
[f. dicho- + optic a.]
Of certain dipterous insects: having the eyes widely separated.
| 1899 D. Sharp in Camb. Nat. Hist. VI. 440 When the eyes of the two sides meet in a co-adapted line of union the Insect is said to be ‘holoptic’, and when the eyes are well separated ‘dichoptic’. 1949 Handbks. Identification Brit. Insects (R. Ent. Soc.) IX. i. 5 In many families [of Diptera] the males have the eyes approaching or meeting (holoptic) and the females have them well separated (dichoptic). |