pseudocone

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pseudo- +‎ cone

Noun[edit]

pseudocone (plural pseudocones)

  1. (zoology) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pseudocone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)