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PSEUDOVUM

\sˈuːdə͡ʊvəm], \sˈuːdə‍ʊvəm], \s_ˈuː_d_əʊ_v_ə_m]\

Definitions of PSEUDOVUM

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.

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An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of Paedogenesis.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

An ovum that can develop without fertilization ; a parthenogenetic ovum ; the earlier condition of the viviparously - produced Aphidae.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

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