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Rhabdom
Rhab′dom
(răb′dŏm)
, Noun.
[Gr.
ῥάβδωμα
a bundle of rods, fr. ῥάβδοσ
a rod.] (Zool.)
One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulae in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under
Ommatidium
. Definition 2024
rhabdom
rhabdom
English
Noun
rhabdom (plural rhabdoms)
- Any of the rods that support each ommatidium in the compound eye of arthropods