Rhabdom

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A transparent rod in the center of each ommatidium in the compound eye of an arthropod.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of the rods that support each ommatidium in the compound eye of arthropods
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulæ in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under ommatidium.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In entomology, a special structure in the eye, consisting of a concrescence of the rods developed on the cells of the retina, when these cells are themselves united in a retinula.
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