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Meaning of TAPETUM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ta*pe"tum\, n. [NL., from L. tapete a carpet, a
tapestry.] (Anat.)
An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye
in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster
and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes
applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the
choroid.
 
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