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ˈræb dəm, -dɒmrhab·dom

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Wiktionary

  1. rhabdomnoun

    Any of the rods that support each ommatidium in the compound eye of arthropods

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rhabdomnoun

    one of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulae in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium

  2. Etymology: [Gr. "ra`bdwma a bundle of rods, fr. "ra`bdos a rod.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rhabdom

    rab′dom, n. (entom.) a tubular rod-like structure in the eye, the central axis of a retinula.—adj. Rhab′dōmal.

Entomology

  1. Rhabdom

    the rod lying in the axis of the retinula, below the crystalline cone of an eye.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rhabdom in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rhabdom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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