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rhabdom
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rhabdom, n. [Gr. "ra`bdwma a bundle of rods, fr. "ra`bdos a rod.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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