Pseudorhabdite
(Pseu`do*rhab"dite) n. [Pseudo- + Gr. a rod.] (Zoöl.) One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles
found in the integument of certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granular substance.
Pseudo-romantic
(Pseu`do-ro*man"tic) a. Pseudo- + romantic.] Falsely romantic.
The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage.
De Quincey. Pseudoscope
(Pseu"do*scope) n. [Pseudo- + -scope.] (Opt.) An instrument which exhibits objects
with their proper relief reversed; — an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope. Wheatstone.
Pseudoscopic
(Pseu`do*scop"ic) a. (Opt.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its
parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image.
Pseudoscorpiones
(||Pseu`do*scor`pi*o"nes) n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Scorpion.] (Zoöl.) An order
of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal
sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book
scorpion, under Book.
Pseudosphere
(Pseu"do*sphere`) n. [Pseudo- + sphere.] (Geom.) The surface of constant negative
curvature generated by the revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in non-Euclidian space to
the sphere in ordinary space. An important property of the surface is that any figure drawn upon it can
be displaced in any way without tearing it or altering in size any of its elements.
Pseudospore
(Pseu"do*spore`) n. [Pseudo- + spore.] (Bot.)A peculiar reproductive cell found in some
fungi.
Pseudostella
(||Pseu`do*stel"la) n.; pl. -læ. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + L. stella star.] (Astron.) Any
starlike meteor or phenomenon. [R.]
Pseudostoma
(||Pseu*dos"to*ma) n.; pl. Pseudostomata [NL. See Pseudo-, and Stoma.] (Anat.) A
group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true aperture among them.
Pseudo-symmetric
(Pseu`do-sym*met"ric) a. (Crystallog.) Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.
Pseudo-symmetry
(Pseu`do-sym"me*try) n. [Pseudo- + symmetry.] (Crystallog.) A kind of symmetry
characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a
system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite.
Pseudotetramera
(||Pseu`do*te*tram"e*ra) n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Tetramerous.] (Zoöl.) A division
of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. —
Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al a.
Pseudotinea
(||Pseu`do*tin"e*a) n.; pl. Pseudotineæ [NL. See Pseudo-, and Tinea.] (Zoöl.) The bee
moth, or wax moth
Pseudoturbinal
(Pseu`do*tur"bi*nal) a. [Pseudo- + turbinal.] (Anat.) See under Turbinal.
Pseudovary
(Pseu*do"va*ry) n.; pl. Pseudovaries [Pseudo- + ovary.] (Zoöl.) The organ in which
pseudova are produced; — called also pseudovarium.
Pseudovum
(||Pseu*do"vum) n.; pl. Pseudova [NL. See Pseudo-, and Ovum.] (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. of Pædogenesis.
Pshaw
(Pshaw) interj. [Of imitative origin.] Pish! pooch! — an exclamation used as an expression of
contempt, disdain, dislike, etc. [Written also psha.]
