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pseudocoue (su'dokon, psu-) n. [Gk. 

 pseudes, false ; konos, cone.] A 

 soft gelatinous cone occurring in 

 numbers in some insect eyes 



pseudoconjugation (su'dokonj ooga'- 

 shun, psu-) n. [Gk. pseudes, false ; 

 L. cum, with ; jugum, yoke.] Con- 

 jugation of Sporozoa in which two 

 individuals, temporarily and without 

 true fusion, join end to end, proto- 

 merite to deutomerite, or side to 

 side (sool.). 



pseudocostate (su'dokos'tat, psu-) a. 

 [Gk. pseudes, false ; L. costa, rib.] 

 False-veined ; having a marginal 

 vein uniting all others (bot.). 



pseudocyst (su'dosist, psu-) n. [Gk. 

 pseudes, false ; kystis, bladder.] A 

 residual protoplasmic mass which 

 swells and ruptures, liberating spores 

 of Sporozoa (zool.). 



pseudodeltidium (su'dodeltid'ium, 

 psu-) n. [Gk. pseudes, false ; delta, 

 D.] A plate partly or entirely 

 closing the deltidial fissure in the 

 ventral valve of certain Testi- 

 cardines (zool.). 



pseudoderm (su'doderm, psu-) n. [Gk. 

 pseudes, false ; derma, skin.] A 

 kind of covering or skin of certain 

 compact sponges, formed also 

 towards the pseudogastric cavity 

 (zool.). 



pseudodont (su'dodont, psu-) a. [Gk. 

 pseudes, false ; odous, tooth.] Hav- 

 ing false or horny teeth, as Mono- 

 tremes (zool.). 



pseudofoliaceous (su'dofolla'shus, 

 psu-) a. [Gk. pseudes, false ; L. 

 folium, leaf.] With expansions 

 resembling leaves (bot.). 



pseudogaster (su'dogas'tgr, psu-) n. 

 [Gk. pseudes, false ; gaster, stomach.] 

 An apparent gastral cavity of 

 certain Sponges, opening to the 

 exterior by a pseudoosculum and 

 having the true oscula opening into 

 itself (zool.). 



pseudogastrula (su'dogas'troola, psu-) 

 n. [Gk. pseudes, false ; gaster, 

 stomach.] The stage of Sycon 

 development when the archaeocytes 

 become completely enclosed by the 

 flagellate cells (zool.). 



pseudoheart, the axial organ of 

 Echinoderms (zool.). 



pseudomanubrium(su'd6manu'brium, 

 psu-) n. [Gk. pseudes, false ; L. 

 manubrium, handle.] The manu- 

 brium considered as a process of 

 the subumbrella where the former 

 contains the gastric cavity in 

 certain Trachylinae (zool.). 



pseudometamerism (su'dometam'- 

 erlzm, psu-) n. [Gk. pseudes, false ; 

 meta, between ; meros, part.] Ap- 

 parent serial segmentation ; an 

 approximation to metamerism, as in 

 certain Flat-worms (zool.). 



pseudomonocotyledonous(su'd6mon'- 

 okotile'db'nus, psu-) a. [Gk. pseudes, 

 false ; monos, alone ; kotyledon, a 

 cup-like hollow.] With two coty- 

 ledons coalescing to appear as one 

 (bot.). 



pseudomonocyclic (su'domon'b'sik'lik, 

 psu-) a. \Gk.pseudes, false ; monos, 

 alone ; kyklos, circle.] Appl. Crin- 

 oids with infrabasals absent in 

 adults but present in the young or 

 in near ancestors (zool.\ 



pseudonavicella (su'donavisel'a, psu-) 

 n. [Gk. pseudes, false : L. namcella, 

 small boat.] A small boat-shaped 

 spore containing sporozoites, in 

 Sporozoa (zool.). 



pseudonuclein, paranuclein (cyt.). 



pseudonucleoli (su'donukle'olT, psu-) 

 n. plu. [Gk. pseudes, false ; L. 

 nucleus, kernel.] Knots or granules 

 in nuclear reticulum not true nucleoli 

 (cyt.). 



pseudonychium (su'donik'ium, psu-) 

 n. [Gk. pseudes, false ; onyx, claw.] 

 A lobe or process between claws 

 of Insects (zool.). 



pseudoosculum (su'doos'kulum, psu-) 

 n. [Gk. pseudes, false ; L. osculum, 

 small mouth.] The exterior opening 

 of a pseudogaster (zool.). 



pseudoparenchyma (su'dopareng'- 

 kima, psu-) n. [Gk. pseudes, false ; 

 para, beside ; engchyma, infusion.] 

 A tissue-like collection of hyphae 

 resembling parenchyma (bot.). 



pseudoperculum (su'doper'kulum, 

 psu-) n. [Gk. pseudes, false ; L. oper- 

 culum, lid.] A structure resembling 

 an operculum or closing membrane 

 (zool.). 



pseudoperlanth (su'do'peVianth, psu-) 

 n. [Gk. pseudes, false ; peri, round ; 

 anthos, flower.] An archegonium- 



