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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A two-walled cuplike depression, formed by invagination of the optic vesicle, that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina.
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- noun (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina
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