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RETINULA

\ɹɛtˈɪnjʊlə], \ɹɛtˈɪnjʊlə], \ɹ_ɛ_t_ˈɪ_n_j_ʊ_l_ə]\

Definitions of RETINULA

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A group of elongated cells, the innermost element of an arthropod ommatidium.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

[Latin] A group of elongated cells, the innermost element of an arthropod ommatidium.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
By J.H. Kenneth

r[=e]-tin'[=u]-la, n. (entom.) a group of pigmented cells.--adj. RETIN'ULAR.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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