-ophthalmus

noun combining form

-oph·​thal·​mus

ˌäfˈthalməs,

÷ˌäpˈth-

1

: one having a (specified) kind of eye

—in generic names usually of arthropods

Megophthalmus

2

plural -es : eyes of a (specified) form or in a (specified state)

megalophthalmus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek -opthalmos, from ophthalmos eye

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