West Germanic languages. The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages). The three most prevalent West Germanic languages are English, German, and Dutch.
a bird's eye view. âº a view from a very high place that allows you to see a large area: Climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower if you want a bird's eye view of Paris. (Definition of âa bird's eye viewâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press) Translations of âa bird's eye viewâ.
Simple eye in invertebrates. A simple eye (sometimes called a pigment pit) refers to a type of eye form or optical arrangement that contains a single lens. A simple eye is so called in distinction from a multi-lensed compound eye, and is not necessarily at all simple in the usual sense of the word. The eyes of humans and large animals, and camera lenses are classed as simple because in both cases a single lens collects and focuses light onto the retina or film.