Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of those cells of the embryonic eye of arthropods which secrete the chitinous crystalline cone on that surface which is toward the axis of the ommatidium. Also called
vitrella .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillæ. See
Illust. underommatidium .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology One of a group of two to four united
cells which occupy theaxial part of theocelli , orommatidia , of theeyes ofinvertebrates , and contain theterminal nerve fibrillae .
Etymologies
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retina + Ancient Greek -φόρος ("bearer").
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