n.
Pronunciation: ' rab- ˌ däm, -d ə m
Variant: or rhab · dome \ - ˌ d ō m \
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Late Greek rhabd ō ma bundle of rods, from Greek rhabdos rod
Date: 1878
: one of the minute rodlike structures in the retinulae in the compound eyes of arthropods