Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pseudovarian ovum; the egg produced in a pseudovary; a false egg, or the germ of an individual, as an aphid, produced agamogenetically and part henogenetically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) 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. ofpædogenesis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology An
egg -likegerm produced by theagamic females of someinsects and other animals, and by thelarvae of certain insects. It is capable ofdevelopment withoutfertilization .
Etymologies
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pseudo- + ovum
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mollusque commented on the word pseudovum
Useful when vum is in short supply.
February 21, 2009