RETINULA


Meaning of RETINULA in English

— retinular , adj.

/ri tin"yeuh leuh/ , n. , pl. retinulae /-lee'/ . n. Anat.

a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.

[ 1875-80; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .