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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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}.
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