tapetum / təˈpi təm /

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tapetum 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural ta·pe·ta [tuh-pee-tuh]. /təˈpi tə/.

  1. Botany. a layer of cells often investing the archespore in a developing sporangium and absorbed as the spores mature.
  2. Anatomy, Zoology. any of certain membranous layers or layered coverings, as in the choroid of the eyes of certain animals.

更多tapetum例句

  1. The subject, however, of the various colours of the tapetum in different animals is not yet understood.
  2. Iris tapetum: the pigment layer of the compound eye just below the crystalline cone.
  3. The tapetum lucidum is found in Ungulata, Cetacea and Carnivora.