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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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752Maggenti and Gardnerfalse surface.pseudoerucism n. [Gr. pseudos, false; L. eruca, caterpillar](ARTHRO: Insecta) Erucism caused by toxic setae in theadult female. see lepidopterism.pseud<strong>of</strong>aeces n.pl. [Gr. pseudos, false; L. faex, dregs] (MOLL:Bivalvia) Particulate matter from the gills and/or excessfood formed into masses by mucus for discharge from themantle cavity; particulate matter is not passed through thegut.pseud<strong>of</strong>ertility see pseudocompatabilitypseud<strong>of</strong>ertilization see pseudogamypseudogamy n. [Gr. pseudos, false; gamos, marriage] Apomicticparthenogenesis; development <strong>of</strong> a female gameteafter stimulation (without fertilization) by a male gamete;also termed pseud<strong>of</strong>ertilization, pseudomixis, and also gynogenesis.pseudogaster n. [Gr. pseudos, false; gaster, belly] (PORIF) Acavity into which true oscula open and from which pseudoosculaopen to the exterior.pseudogastrula see amphiblastulapseudogermes n. [Gr. pseudos, false; germen, bud] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Multicellular fragments <strong>of</strong> braconid Hymenopteraembryonic membranes found in parasitized Pieris Lepidoptera,that become vacuolated and nuclei break down.pseudogiant fiber see giant fiberpseudogyne n. [Gr. pseudos, false; gyne, woman] (ARTHRO:Insecta) In Hymenoptera, a defective ant, characterized byhaving a female thorax with the stature, gaster and head <strong>of</strong>the worker, thought to result from having parasitic beetlesin their colony.pseudohalteres n.pl. [Gr. pseudos, false; halter, balancer](ARTHRO: Insecta) In Strepsiptera (stylopids), the anteriorwings represented by small club-like processes that functionlike the halteres <strong>of</strong> Diptera.pseudoheart n. [Gr. pseudos, false; A.S. heorte, heart] 1.(ANN) see commissural vessels. 2. (ECHINOD) The axialgland.

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