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Meaning of PSEUDOVUM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pseu*do"vum\, n.; pl. {Pseudova}. [NL. See {Pseudo-},
and {Ovum}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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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