rhabdome Zool.
(ˈræbdəʊm)
[ad. late Gr. ῥάβδωµα (see rhabdom).]
The shaft of a rhabdus of which one ray is branched.
| 1887 Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 417/1 A particular case of the cladose rhabdus, but one of the most frequent occurrence, is the triæne; in this form one ray of a rhabdus ends in three branches, which diverge at equal angles from each other. The rhabdus then becomes known as the shaft or rhabdome. 1900 Minchin Sponges 132. |