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n. [ Pseudo- + embryo. ] (Zool.) (a) A false embryo. (b) An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to pseudepigraphy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; falsely inscribed. See Pseudo-, and Epigraphy. ] Inscribed with a false name. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ascription of false names of authors to works. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + hæmal. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to the vascular system of annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pseudhæmal fluid, the circulatory fluid, or blood, of annelids, analogous to the blood of vertebrates. It is often red, but is sometimes green or colorless. --
Pseudhæmal vessels, the blood vessels of annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. pseydh`s lying, false, akin to psey`dein to belie; cf. psydro`s lying, psy`qos a lie. ] A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Pseudo- + bacteria. ] (Biol.) Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria. [ 1913 Webster ]

The globules which divide and develop in form of chains are organized beings; when this does not occur, we are dealing with pseudobacteria. Sternberg. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + ble`psis sight. ] (Med.) False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects. Forsyth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) Same as Pseudobranchia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudobranchiæ [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Branchia. ] (Anat.) A rudimentary branchia, or gill. -- Pseu`do*bran"chi*al a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Pseudo- + bulb. ] (Bot.) An aërial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + china. ] (Bot.) The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (Smilax Pseudo-china), found in America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Pseudocœlia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + &unr_; hollow. ] (Anat.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + cone. ] (Zool.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + cumene. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + dipteral: cf. F. pseudodiptère. ] (Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column. -- n. A pseudo-dipteral temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. pseydo`doxos; pseydh`s false + do`xa an opinion. ] Not true in opinion or doctrine; false. -- n. A false opinion or doctrine. “To maintain the atheistical pseudodox which judgeth evil good, and darkness light.” T. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudofilari&unr_; [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Filaria. ] (Zool.) One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + galena. ] (Min.) False galena, or blende. See Blende (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pseudography. ] A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; pseydh`s false + &unr_; to write. ] False writing; forgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudohalteres [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Halteres. ] (Zool.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + heart. ] (Zool.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + hypertrophic. ] (Med.) Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] One who utters falsehoods; a liar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; pseydh`s false + &unr_; speech: cf. F. pseudologie. ] Falsehood of speech. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + metallic. ] Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster, as in minerals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + monocotyledonous. ] (Bot.) Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pseudomorphous. ] 1. An irregular or deceptive form. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) A pseudomorphous crystal, such as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Crystallog.) The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; pseydh`s false + morfh` form: cf. F. pseudomorphe. ] Not having the true form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pseudomorphous crystal, a crystal which has a form that does not result from its own powers of crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudonavicullæ [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Pseudonavicula. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudonaviculæ [ NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + NL. navicula, a genus of diatoms. See Navicular. ] (Zool.) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinæ and some other Protozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Neuroptera. ] (Zool.) division of insects (Zool.) reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some Zoologists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudonymous. ] A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name; an alias. [ Written also pseudonyme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The using of fictitious names, as by authors. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; pseydh`s false + &unr_;, &unr_;, a name: cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudo-, and Name. ] Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ly, adv. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + peripteral: cf. F. pseudopériptère. ] (Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end. -- n. A pseudo-peripteral temple. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pseudo- + -pod. ] 1. (Biol.) Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process projecting from any unicellular organism, or from any animal or plant call. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A rhizopod. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a pseudopod, or to pseudopodia. See Illust. of Heliozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudopodia [ NL. ] Same as Pseudopod. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Pseudopupæ E. Pseudopupas [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Pupa. ] (Zool.) A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + Gr. &unr_; a rod. ] (Zool.) One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the integument of certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granular substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pseudo- + romantic. ] Falsely romantic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + -scope. ] (Opt.) An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope. Wheatstone. [ 1913 Webster ]