Pseudovum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pseudovum \Pseu*do"vum\, n.; pl. {Pseudova}. [NL. See {Pseudo-},
     and {Ovum}.] (Zool.)
     An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some
     insects and other animals, and by the larv[ae] of certain
     insects. It is capable of development without fertilization.
     See Illust. of {P[ae]dogenesis}.


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