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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In sponges, the shaft of a cladose rhabdus, bearing the cladome.

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  • I must also note that the functions of acting as a light guide more below and using pigment to shield photoreceptors are also present in the cephalopod eye…only by shifting pigments in supporting cells that surround the rhabdome, rather than in a solid RPE.

    More creationist misconceptions about the eye - The Panda's Thumb 2010

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