RETINACULUM: Small glandular body end of the claudicula, of the pollinia in orchids.
RETINACULUM: A set of hooks from the edge of the wings of the Hymenoptera by means which are attached one to another the on one side so that they act jointly.
RETINACULUM: In the springtails, small body that exists in the lower part of the abdomen, which articulates with the apex of the furca.
RETINACULUM: Anatomy, fabric that it serves to hold or retain an organ.
RETINACULUM: In surgery, tenaculum that used to operate the hernias.