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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The ovary of a viviparous insect, as an aphis, in which are developed the kind of ova called pseudova.
  • noun The filmy pellicle or so-called proligerous membrane of infusions of hay, etc., out of which infusorial animalcules were supposed to be produced by the heterogenists, or believers in spontaneous generation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called also pseudovarium.

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  • noun Alternative form of pseudovarium.

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