单词 | pseudovary |
释义 | † pseudovaryn. Obsolete. 1. Zoology. = pseudovarium n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > abdomen > pseudovary pseudovary1877 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 447 The young are developed within organs which resemble the ovarioles of the true females..and may be termed pseudovaries. 2. Biology. Scum formed on water containing dissolved organic matter (as the putative source of living organisms). Cf. proligerous pellicle n. at proligerous adj. Compounds. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Pseudovary.., the filmy pellicle, or so-called proligerous membrane of infusions of hay, etc., out of which infusorial animalcules were supposed to be produced by..believers in spontaneous generation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1877 |
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