pseudepigrapha 
Spurious writings; specifically, those writings 
which profess to be Biblical in character and 
inspired in authorship, but are not adjudged 
genuine by the general consent of scholars; 
those professedly Biblical books which arc re- 
garded as neither canonical nor inspired, and 
from their character are not worthy of use in 
religious worship. Biblical literature Is divided Into 
three classes : (a) The canonical and inspired ; (6) the non- 
canonical and uninspired, but on account of their charac- 
ter worthy of use In the services of the church ; (O those 
which, though Biblical In form, so vary from the Biblical 
writinm in spirit that they are not deemed worthy of any 
place in reliKious use. The second constitute the apoc- 
rypha, the third the pseudepigrapha. Thus, what Is some- 
times known as the New Testament Apocrypha, being not 
considered worthy of regard by any branch of the Chris- 
tian church, properly consists of pseudepigrapha. 
pseudepigraphic (su-dep-i-graf'ik), a. [< psen- 
depigraph-ouH + -ic.~\ Inscribed with a false 
name: specifically, pertaining to the Jewish 
pseudepigrapha. 
Of these pteudepigraphic Hermetic writings some have 
come down to us In the original Greek. 
Etuyc. Brit., XI. 75L 
pseudepigraphical (su-dep-i-graf'i-kal), a. [< 
pseudepigraphic + -a/.] Same as pseudepi- 
graphic, 
/'.-; iiil.lirini/ilii'i'nl VMitill'-'S Mllirll "liallt nut "Illy tnlir 
rejected but condemned. Kueyc. Brit, V. 12. 
pseudepigraphous (sii-de-pig'ra-fus), a. [< Gr. 
^mSerfypafof, falsely inscribed or ascribed, not 
genuine, \ ijitvitjc, false, 4- iviypatytiv, inscribe : 
see epigraph.] Same as pseudepigraphic. 
Herodotus . . . seemed ... to conclude the Orphlck 
poems to have been pteudepiyraphmtg, 
Cudmrrth, Intellectual System, p. 290. 
pseudepigraphy (su-de-pig'ra-fi), n. [< pseu- 
depiyraph-otis -r -y. Cf. epigraphy.] The false 
ascription of a particular authorship to works. 
pseudepiploic (su'dep-i-plo'ik), a. [< pseutle- 
pipluon + -ic.] Of or pertaining to the pseu- 
depiploon. 
pseudepiplodn (su-de-pip'lo-on), n. A kind of 
omentum found in birds. 
'\'\iKjnriidriui>tiHiH [of the flamingo] was also shown to 
differ from that of Lamelllrostres, and to agree with that 
of storks, In extending back to the cloaca. 
A I In' n ;r n M, No. 2931, p. 870. 
pseudepiscopacy (su-de-pis'ko-pa-si), n. False 
or pretended episcopacy. Also pseudepitcopy, 
pseudo-episcopacy. [Kare.] 
A long usurpation and convicted pseudrpiscapy of pre- 
lates. Milton, On Itef. of Humb. Kemonst., Pref. 
pseudesthesia, . See pseudtexthcxia. 
pseudhaemal (sud-he'mal), n. Same as p.teiidn- 
hemal. 
pseudhelminth, . Same as jmeudrlmiHth. 
pseudimaginal (su-di-maj'i-nal), a. Pertain- 
ing to or having the character of a pseudimago ; 
stibimaginal. 
pseudimago (su-di-ma'go), .; pi. pseudima- 
ginex (su-di-niaj'i-nez). A false imago: same 
as aliliiiiiniiii. 
Pseudis (s'u'dis), . [NL. (Waller, about 1830), 
< Gr. Vi"!if, var. of V ft *'w, false: see pseudo-.] 
A genus of arciferous batrachians of the family 
Cystigntitliida, containing frogs the webs of 
whose hind toes extend up between the meta- 
tarsals, and whose tadpoles acquire legs and 
reach the size of the adults before losing their 
tails. The jakie, P. paradoxa, is an example, 
inhabiting South America. 
pseudisodomon (su-di-sod'o-mon), n. (< Gr. V*''- 
(5Td()o//of, built of stones of unequal size, < ^>c\<- 
MK, false, + iniiAniKH-, built alike, i. e. in equal 
courses: seeixod- 
omon.'] In arch., 
a type of mason- 
ry in which the 
courses differ as 
to the height, 
length, or thick- 
ness of their 
8tones,the stones 
of any one course, however, being alike: op- 
posed to inodomon. In the form characteristic of 
Greek masonry, in which, however, the pseudlsodomon Is 
usually earlier or (especially) later than the best linn-, 
the courses are alternately thick and thin, all the thick 
course* being of the same thickness, and so with all the 
thin courses. Masonry of this kind is frequent In Roman 
work. 
pseudo-. [Before a vowel sometimes pseud- ; < 
Or. ^iev6o-, ^rvA-, combining form of V "w, false, 
sham, deceitful, if/iMor, a falsehood or rather 
of the orig. verb, jjvMetv, lie, cheat, deceive.] 
An element, a quasi-prefix, in compounds of 
Greek origin, meaning 'false,' 'counterfeit,' 
'Bpurimi-.' ' *liam.' It is freely used as an English 
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prefix, with words of any origin, and by no means all the 
compounds made with it are given below. In scientific 
compounds It Implies something deceptive In appearance, 
function, or relation. Thus, in crystallography, It is used 
in such compounds as pseudo-isometric, jMrurfn-tetragonal, 
etc , to describe crystals which appear to belong to the 
isometric, tetragonal, etc., systems, but In fact belong to 
a system of lower grade of symmetry. (See peeudatym- 
melry.) In biology It is much used (like quasi-) to indi- 
cate deceptive likeness of things really quite unlike ; bat 
it frequently implies a real resemblance so close aa to ob- 
scure or hide actual difference, 
pseudo-aconitine (su'do-a-kon'i-tin), n. A 
crystalline alkaloid (Csgr^gNOjg) derived from 
Aconttum ferox. Also pseudacotiitine. 
pseudo-angle (su-dd-ang'gl), n. An angle in 
non-Euclidean geometry. 
pseudo-annulus (su-do-an'u-lus), . In Muitci, 
an apparent annulus or ring of non-vesicular 
cells. 
pseudo-apostle (su'do-a-pos'l), n. Same as 
pseudapostle, 
pseudo-aquatic (su'do-a-kwat'ik), a. Growing 
in very moist places, yet not strictly aquatic. 
pseudo-archaic (su'do-ar-ka'ik), a. Same as 
Hi-film.*' tii- : used especially in the fine arts. 
It is possibly a pteudo-archaic work of the fifteenth cen- 
tury. C. C. Perkitu, Italian Sculpture, p. 344, note. 
pseudo- art iculation ( su'do-ar-t i k-u-la ' shon ) . 
it. In entom.: (a) A deep impressed line or 
constriction surrounding a part, and resembling 
a true joint. (6) A pseudo-joint, or part resem- 
bling a true joint, but not really jointed. 
pseudo-ascetic (su'do-a-sefik), n. Apretended 
ascetic. 
These may be termed a set of pseitdo-ascetickg, who can 
have no real converse either with themselves or with 
heaven. Shafteibury, Advice to an Author, i. jj 1. 
pseudo-axis (su-do-ak'sis), n. In bot., same as 
xtjntpodiinit. 
pseudobacterium (su'do-bak-te'ri-um), .; pi. 
pseudobacteria (-a). A corpuscle resembling 
or mistaken for a bacterium. 
It was simply pstudo-bactrria, or broken blood corpus- 
cles. Scieitre, 111. 739. 
Psemiisodoinon. 
pseudobasidia (su'do-ba-sid'i-a), n. i>l. ., 
false basidia: bodies with the form and appear- 
ance of basidia and produced with them. See 
bnxidium. 
pseudo-Bible (su-do-bi'bl), . A false or pre- 
tended Bible. 
The work which the reader has now the privilege of pe- 
rusing is as justly entitled to the name of the Koran as the 
so-called pteudo-bMe itself, because the word signifies 
"that which ought to be read.' 
Soulhey, The Doctor, Interchapter ix. (DartVx.) 
pseudoblepsia (su-do-blep'si-a), w. [NL.: see 
pseudoblepsis.] Same as iiseiidoblepxix. 
pseudoblepsis (su-do-blep'sis), w. [< Gr. V't'- 
<I';C. false, + lifeline., vision, < j^.tvttv, look, see.] 
Parablepsia ; visual illusion or hallucination. 
Pseudobombus (su-do-bom'bus), , [NL.,< Gr. 
V'f vi'K, false, -I- Nli. Bombux: see Bombus, 2.] In 
entom.: () An alternative generic name of bees 
of the genus Apathus, which closely resemble 
the species of Bombus proper and live parasiti- 
cally in their nests. (6) [/. <.] A bee of this 
genus. 
Pseudobombyces (su'do-bom-bi'sez). M. pi. 
[NL., < Gr. \jicvHjf, false, + flo/jflvt;, a silkworm: 
see Bombyx.] In Latreille's classification, a 
division of nocturnal Lepidoptera. approximate- 
ly corresponding to the modern families A rctii- 
dte. Lithomidx, and Psychidx. Also I'seudobmii- 
byfini. 
pseudobombycine (su-do-bom'bi-sin), a. Per- 
taining to the Pxeudobombueex. 
Pseudobombycini (su-do-bom-bi-si'ni), . ;)/. 
[NL., as Pseudobombyces + -ni.] Same as 
Pneitdobombuces. Hoinduval. 
pseudobrachial (su-do-bra'ki-al), a. Pertain- 
ing to the psendobrachium. 
pseudobrachium (su-dp-bra'ki-um), .; pi. 
pseudobrarhia (-a). A kind of false arm formed 
by the actinosts of the pectoral fin of pedicu- 
late fishes. Gill. 
pseudobranch (su'do-brangk), n. A false or 
spiracular gill. Stand. Xat. Hint., III. 43. 
pseudobranchia 1 (su-do-brang'ki-ft), n.; pi. 
pseudobranchite (-e). [v Gr. ^vA>/f, false, + 
..fy.iij-V"'. trills."] A false gill. See the quotation. 
The anterior branchial vein I In fishes) gives off the by- 
oldean artery, which ascends along the hyoidean arch, and 
very generally terminates by one branch in the cephalic 
circle, and by another enters a rete mfrabile which li>s 
In the Inner side of the hvonmiidlbular bone, and some- 
times has the form of a gill. This in the ptrudobraiitliia. 
Huxley, Anat. Vert, p. 140. 
Pseudobranchia' 2 (su-do-brang'ki-6), H. )>l. 
[NL. : see psriulobrauctiia 1 .] A suborder of 
pseudochromidoid 
scutibranchiate gastropods, with the gills de- 
veloped as a branching vessel on the inner sur- 
face of the mantle, the body and shell spiral, 
the lateral central teeth of the odontophore 
large and irregular, and no operculum. The 
group was instituted by J. E. Gray for terres- 
trial forms belonging to the family Pronerpin- 
ida. 
pseudobranchial (su-do-brang'ki-al), a. [< 
imcudobraneliia 1 + -/.] Of or pertaining to a 
pseudobranch or to pseudobranchip. 
pseudobranchiate (su-do-brang'ki-at), a. [< 
paeudobranchial + -ate 1 .} Provided with pseu- 
dobranchite. 
pseudobrookite (su-do-bruk'it), w. A mineral 
occurring in minute rectangular tables in cavi- 
ties in some volcanic rocks, as andesite. It re- 
sembles brookite, and is related to it in compo- 
sition, consisting of the oxids of titanium and 
iron. 
pseudobulb (su'do-bulb), n. A fleshy enlarge- 
ment of the base of the stem in many epiphytic 
orchids, having the appearance of a bulb, but 
solid in structure: nearly allied to the corm, 
but not subterranean. 
pseudobulbar (su-do-bul'bar), a. Noting a 
kind of paralysis. See pseut'iobulbtir jmrali/nin, 
under paralysis. 
pseudobulbil (su-do-bul'bil), . In bot., an 
oophytic outgrowth sometimes replacing or- 
dinary sporangia in ferns, and producing an- 
theridia and archegonia. 
pseudobulbous (su-do-bul'bus), a. Having the 
character of, or marked by the presence of, a 
pseudobulb. 
pseudocarcinoid (su-do-kar'si-noid), a. and M. 
I. n. Being macrurous and simulating a brnchy- 
urous crustacean ; looking like a crab without 
being one. 
II. . A pseudocarcinoid crustacean, as a 
member of the genus Thenus or Ibaeun. Hujcley. 
pseudocarp (su'do-kar])), n. [< NL. pxeudii- 
ctirpiix, < Gr. ^rwh/f , false, + napx6r, fruit.] That 
part of an anthoearpous fruit which does not 
belong to the pericarp. Also called atithocarji 
or anthocarpium. See anthocarpoue, 
pseudocarpous (su-do-kar'pus), a. [< NL. 
pseudoearpus : see pseudocarp.J In bot., same 
as antliofarpoiiK. 
pseudo-Christ (sft'do-krlst), . [< LL. pxeudo- 
eliristux, < Cir. iftcviiuxpitiTOf, a false Christ, < i/ri 1 - 
ti'/C, false. -I- X/voToV. Clirist.] One who falsely 
claims to be the Christ. 
Be on your gtiurd against the seductions of the pgevdo- 
Ckrutt. Lanyt, Com. on Mark xlii. 5-13 (trans.). 
pseudo-Christianity (su-do-kris-ti-an'i-ti), n. 
The religion or doctrines of a false or pretended 
Christ; counterfeit Christianity. 
Pseudo-Chrlsts, ptmuLo-Chrigtianitiei, false prophets. 
Lanffc, Com. on Mark xiil. &-13 (trans.). 
pseudo-Christology (su"d6-kris-toro-ji),i. An 
erroneous doctrine or system of doctrines re- 
garding the nature of Christ. 
The latter (modem evangelical theology) has to vindi- 
cate . . . tlie true divinity and historicity of Christ agiiint*t 
the mythical, legendary, and humanitarian pteudo-Chris- 
tologietol the nineteenth century. 
P. Sekajr, Christ and Christianity, p. 172. 
pseudochromia (su-do-kro'mi-a), w. [NL.,< 
Gr. Vwixtyr, false, + xp&fie, color.] False per- 
ception of color. 
Pseudochromidae (su-do-krom'i-de), . j>l. 
[NL.] Same as Pseudochromididee. J. Jiieh- 
ardson, 1856. 
Pseudochromides (su-do-krom'i-dez), n. pi. 
[NL., pi. of Pneudochroniis, q. v.] A group of 
acanthopterygian trachinoid fishes, having the 
dorsal fin continuous and the lateral line inter- 
rupted, typified by the genus Pseudochrowix, 
and corresponding to the family Pseudochro- 
mididie. In GUnther's classification it was 
the fourth group of Tracltinidx. Mutter and 
Tranche], 1849. 
Pseudochromididaefsii ilo-kro-mid'i-de), n.pl. 
[\l...< I 'nrudochromis (-mid-) 4- -idte.~\ Afamily 
of acunthopterj-gian fishes, typified by the ti' n iiv 
Pxi'iiiliii-liriiHiis. The body Is oblong, the lateral line 
interrupted, the head convex forward, and the plmryn- 
geal lines distinct The speclei are mostly Inhabitants of 
the Indo-Paclflc ocean. They hart- a superficial resem- 
blance to pomacentrids, but the distinct lower pharyn- 
geals distinguish them. Also Ptnidaehnmidte, I'tndo- 
chrnmiden, and Purudnchromidotdri. See Pltnopidf, and 
cut under Pleriont. 
pseudochromidoid (su-<lo-krom'i-doid), . and 
>i. I. . ' if nr pertiiiiiiiit: to the P.*.riitti>rlirn- 
iniilidtp. 
II. n. A incnilx-r of the Psendoclirnmiiliilie. 
