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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A false or modified crystal-line lens or cone occurring in the eyes of muscid flies. The cone is replaced by four cells filled with a transparent fluid, and a protoplasmic nucleated portion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.
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