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RETINOPHORA

Definition: RETINOPHORA

RETINOPHORA

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Retinophora \Ret`i*noph"o*ra\, noun; plural Retiniphor[ae]. [New Latin expression, from New Latin English retina Greek to bear.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: RETINOPHORA

English words defined with "RETINOPHORA": Retiniphorae. (references)

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Rhyming with "RETINOPHORA"

Words rhyming with "RETINOPHORA" (pronounced 'Ret`i*noph"o*ra'): Abra, Abracadabra, Acciaccatura, Acetabulifera, Agora, Agouara, Alhambra, Almagra, Amphineura, Amphora, Anaphora, Angora, Anisopleura, Anoplura, Anura, Aplacophora, Appoggiatura, Aptera, Arara, Arthropleura, Asura, Aura, Aurora, Barbara, Basommatophora, Brachelytra, Brachyptera, Brachyura, Branchiura, Bravura, Caelatura, Caesura, Calyptra, Camara, Camorra, Capibara, Capra, Capybara, Caracara, Carnivora, Cathedra, Cephalophora, Cephaloptera, Cesura, Chara, Cheiroptera, Chelicera, Chelura, Chikara, Chimaera. (additional references)

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Anagrams: RETINOPHORA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-t"

-1 letter: peroration.

-2 letters: harpooner, operation, pretorian, proration.

-3 letters: anterior, antihero, atropine, operator, perianth, pretrain, priorate, pronator, ratooner, terrapin, thornier.

-4 letters: airport, another, atropin, hairnet, harpoon, heparin, heritor, hoarier, honorer, hootier, hornier, hornito, horrent, inearth, norther, operant, oration, painter, panther, partier, partner, patroon, pertain, phaeton, phonate, phonier, phorate, pierrot, pointer, pornier, portion, praetor, preriot, printer, pronate.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-t"
 

+3 letters: anthropometric, prothonotaries.

 

+4 letters: anthropocentric, anthropometries, chronotherapies, conservatorship, hematoporphyrin, rephotographing, weatherproofing.

 

+5 letters: anthropocentrism, anthropomorphize, conservatorships, hematoporphyrins, photorespiration, roentgenographic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RETINOPHORA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 54 49 4E 4F 50 48 4F 52 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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