rhabdite
(ˈræbdaɪt)
[f. Gr. ῥάβδος rod + -ite.]
1. Zool. One of the homogeneous rod-like bodies found in the integument of turbellarian worms.
| 1885 L. von Graff in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 170/2. |
2. Ent. One of the three pairs of organs forming the ovipositor of some insects.
| 1890 in Cent. Dict. [1898 Packard Text-bk. Entom. 167 Morphologically the ovipositor is composed of three pairs of unjointed styles (rhabdites of Lacaze-Duthiers, gonapophyses of Huxley).] Ibid. 168 Two pieces forming the outer pair of rhabdites. |
3. Min. (See quots.)
| 1881 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XL. 690 The phosphide [of iron] found in a Branau meteorite by G. Rose, who gave to it the name rhabdite. 1892 Dana Min. 31 Rhabdite... A phosphide of iron and nickel. |