RETINULA


Meaning of RETINULA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ re-ˈtin-yə-lə ]

noun

( plural re·tin·u·lae -ˌlē, -ˌlī ; also -las )

Etymology: New Latin, diminutive of Medieval Latin retina

Date: 1878

: the neural receptor of a single facet of an arthropod compound eye

• re·tin·u·lar -lər adjective

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