Defn: A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.
RETEPORE
Re`te*pore, n. Etym: [L. rete a net + porus pore.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.
RETEX Re*tex", v. t. Etym: [L. retexere, lit., to unweave; pref. re- re + texere to weave. ]
Defn: To annual, as orders. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
RETEXTURE
Re*tex"ture, n.
Defn: The act of weaving or forming again. Carlyle.
RETHOR
Reth"or, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rhéteur. See Rhetor.]
Defn: A rhetorician; a careful writer. [Obs.]
If a rethor couthe fair endite. Chaucer.
RETHORYKE
Reth"o*ryke, n.