rhabdom
Americannoun
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any of various rod-shaped structures.
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the rod-shaped portion of an arthropod ommatidium.
Other Word Forms
- rhabdomal adjective
Etymology
Origin of rhabdom
1875–80; < Late Greek rhábdōma bundle of rods; see rhabdo-, -oma
Example Sentences
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From the distal ends of the cells are secreted chitinous rhabdomeres, forming a rhabdom which occupies and fills up the central portion of the cup beneath the middle of the corneal lens.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
C, Transverse section of the rhabdom of a retinula of the scorpion’s central eye, showing its five constituent rhabdomeres as rays of a star.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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