1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Retinophora \Ret`i*noph"o*ra\, n.; pl. {Retiniphorae}. [NL., fr. NL. & E. retina + Gr. fe`rein to bear.] (Zool.) One of 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. See Illust. under {Ommatidium}. [1913 Webster]
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