'Rhabdom' definitions:
Definition of 'Rhabdom'
From: GCIDE
- Rhabdom \Rhab"dom\ (r[a^]b"d[o^]m), n. [Gr. "ra`bdwma a bundle of rods, fr. "ra`bdos a rod.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]