Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In invertebrates, the part of the eye that functions as a retina.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Part of the
eye of aninvertebrate whichcorresponds infunction with theretina of avertebrate .
Etymologies
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New Latin. See retina.
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