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retinula
[ ri-tin-yuh-luh ]
noun
, Anatomy.
, plural re·tin·u·lae [ri-, tin, -y, uh, -lee].
- a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
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- re·tinu·lar adjective
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Retinula -ae: the retina of a single ocellus: the nerve fibres or cells between pigment cells and retina of the compound eye.
From Project Gutenberg
Rhabdom: the rod lying in the axis of the retinula, below the crystalline cone of an eye.
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