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from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, of or pertaining to the tapetum.
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"Ophthalmic examination reveals varying degrees of a mosaic pattern with dark brown to yellow brown pigment deposited in the tapetal zone (the tapetum being the iridescent membrane of the choroid of the eye), coupled with a horizontal band of pigment at the junction of the tapetum and nontapetum," Mayhew said.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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