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That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.

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  1. n. That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.
  2. That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.
  3. That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds infunction with the retina of a vertebrate.