# retinophora

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. One of a group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae.

## Etymology
From retina + Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “bearer”).

## Source
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