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Webster 1913 Edition


Pseudovum

‖

Pseu-do′vum

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Pseudova
(#)
.
[NL. See
Pseudo-
, and
Ovum
.]
(Zool.)
An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvæ of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of
Pædogenesis
.