Definitions
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- noun zoology Any
contractile vessel ofinvertebrates that is not of the nature of a realheart , especially one of those pertaining to theexcretory system.
Etymologies
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pseudo- + heart
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Her cardial tubes were muscular, multichambered cylinders that ran from above her hip to the base of her skull, and the knife wound had caused extensive damage to the pseudoheart’s muscle tissue.
DEBTOR'S PLANET W.R. THOMPSON 2000
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