Rhabdites (from Gr rhabdos, rod) are rodlike structures in the cells of the epidermis or underlying parenchyma in certain turbellarians, and in the epidermis of nemerteans. They are discharged in mucous secretions. They are a defensive mechanism, they`ll dissolve in water, and they are distasteful to most animals who would prey on rhabditid worms....
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• (n.) A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria. • (n.) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.
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(from the article `schreibersite`) ...containing nickel-iron metal. In iron meteorites, it often is found in the form of plates and as shells around nodules of troilite (an iron ...
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Rhab'dite noun [ Greek
'ra`bdos a rod.]
1. (Zoology) A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.
2. (Zoology) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.
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rhabdite One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.
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