单词 | retinulate |
释义 | retinulateadj. Zoology. Now disused. Having distinct retinulae.The term was introduced in the mistaken belief that compound eyes were formed by the clustering of the retinal cells of a simple eye. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [adjective] > of parts of > of cell from which rhabdom arises > of nature of retinular1883 retinulate1883 1883 E. R. Lankester & A. G. Bourne in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 23 211 Retinulate, of an ommateum in which the nerve-end cells are segregated to form definite groups, or ‘retinulæ’. 1910 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 55 107 Thus we have a monomeniscous eye with a retinulate retina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1883 |
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