rhabdom

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  1. noun A transparent rod in the center of each ommatidium in the compound eye of an arthropod.

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  1. From Greek rhabdōma, bundle of rods, from Greek rhabdos, rod; see rhabdomancy.

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  1. from LGr. ῤάβδωμα, a bundle of rods: see rhabdome.
 

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