3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stemma \Stem"ma\, n.; pl. {Stemmata}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, pl. ?, 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stemma n 1: a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work 2: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent}, {descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree}, {ancestry}, {origin}, {parentage}, {stock}] 3: an eye having a single lens [syn: {simple eye}, {ocellus}] [also: {stemmata} (pl)] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stemmata See {stemma}
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