retinula
[ ri-tin-yuh-luh ]
noun,plural re·tin·u·lae [ri-tin-yuh-lee]. /rɪˈtɪn yəˌli/. Anatomy.
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.
Origin of retinula
1Other words from retinula
- re·tin·u·lar, adjective
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