(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:40:03

Ret`i*ne"um (?), n.; pl. Retinea (#). [NL. See Retina.] Zool.

That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.

 

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