rod

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(rŏd )

[AS. rodd, club]

1. A slender, straight bar.
2. One of the sensory receptors in the retina that detects light.
3. A bacterium shaped like a rod, a bacillus.

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(rŏd )

[AS. rodd, club]

1. A slender, straight bar.
2. One of the sensory receptors in the retina that detects light.
3. A bacterium shaped like a rod, a bacillus.

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