Pseu`do*po"di*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a pseudopod, or to
pseudopodia. See Illust. of Heliozoa.
||Pseu`do*po"di*um (?), n.; pl. Pseudopodia (&?;). [NL.] Same as
||Pseudopod.
||Pseu`do*pu"pa (?), n.; pl. L. PseudopupÊ (#), E. Pseudopupas (#).
||[NL. See Pseudo-, and Pupa.] (Zoˆl.) A stage intermediate between the
||larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.
Pseu`do*rhab"dite (?), n. [Pseudo- + Gr. &?; a rod.] (Zoˆl.) One of
the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the integument of certain
Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granular substance.
Pseu`do-ro*man"tic (?), a. Pseudo- + romantic.] Falsely romantic.
The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage.
De Quincey.
Pseu"do*scope (?), n. [Pseudo- + -scope.] (Opt.) An instrument which
exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect
opposite to that produced by the stereoscope. Wheatstone.
Pseu`do*scop"ic (?), a. (Opt.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a
pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a
pseudoscopic image.
||Pseu`do*scor`pi*o"nes (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Scorpion.]
||(Zoˆl.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large
||claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the
||false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina.
||See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.
Pseu"do*sphere` (?), n. [Pseudo- + sphere.] (Geom.) The surface of
constant negative curvature generated by the revolution of a tractrix.
This surface corresponds in non-Euclidian space to the sphere in
ordinary space. An important property of the surface is that any figure
drawn upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or
altering in size any of its elements.
Pseu"do*spore` (?), n. [Pseudo- + spore.] (Bot.)A peculiar reproductive
cell found in some fungi.
||Pseu`do*stel"la (?), n.; pl. -lÊ. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + L.
||stella star.] (Astron.) Any starlike meteor or phenomenon. [R.]
||Pseu*dos"to*ma (?), n.; pl. Pseudostomata (#). [NL. See Pseudo-, and
||Stoma.] (Anat.) A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any
||true aperture among them.
Pseu`do-sym*met"ric (?), a. (Crystallog.) Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.
Pseu`do-sym"me*try (?), n. [Pseudo- + symmetry.] (Crystallog.) A kind
of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or
other causes, come to resemble forms of a system other than that to
which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite.
||Pseu`do*te*tram"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Tetramerous.]
||(Zoˆl.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute
||and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. --
||Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al (#), a.
||Pseu`do*tin"e*a (&?;), n.; pl. PseudotineÊ (#). [NL. See Pseudo-, and
||Tinea.] (Zoˆl.) The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria).
Pseu`do*tur"bi*nal (?), a. [Pseudo- + turbinal.] (Anat.) See under
Turbinal.
Pseu*do"va*ry (?), n.; pl. Pseudovaries (#). [Pseudo- + ovary.] (Zoˆl.)
The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called also pseudovarium.
||Pseu*do"vum (?), n.; pl. Pseudova (#). [NL. See Pseudo-, and Ovum.]
||(Zoˆl.) An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some
||insects and other animals, and by the larvÊ of certain insects. It is
||capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of
||PÊdogenesis.
Pshaw (?), interj. [Of imitative origin.] Pish! pooch! -- an
exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc.
[Written also psha.]
Pshaw (?), v. i. To express disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as
by the exclamation " Pshaw!"
The goodman used regularly to frown and pshaw wherever this topic
was touched upon.
Sir W. Scott.
Psi`lan*throp"ic (?), a. [see Psilanthropist.] Pertaining to, or
embodying, psilanthropy. "A psilanthropic explanation." Coleridge.
Psi*lan"thro*pism (?), n. Psilanthropy.
Psi*lan"thro*pist (?), n. [Gr. &?; bare, mere + &?; a man.] One who
believes that Christ was a mere man. Smart.
Psi*lan"thro*py (?), n. The doctrine of the merely human existence of
Christ.
Psi*lol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr &?; mere + - logy.] Love of empty of empty
talk or noise. Coleridge.
Psi*lom"e*lane (?), n. [Gr. &?; bare + &?;, &?;, black.] (Min.) A
hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring in smooth, botryoidal forms, and
massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray color.
||Psi`lo*pÊ"des (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr.&?; bare + &?;, &?;,
||offspring.] (Zoˆl.) birds whose young at first have down on the
||pterylÊ only; - - called also GymnopÊdes.
Psi`lo*pÊd"ic (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having down upon the pterylÊ only; --
said of the young of certain birds.
Psi*los"o*pher, n. [Gr. &?; bare, mere + &?; wise.] A superficial or
narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.
{ Psit*ta"ceous (?), Psit"ta*cid (?), } a. [L. psittacus a parrot, Gr.
&?;: cf. F. psittacide.] (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the parrots, or
the Psittaci. -- n. One of the Psittaci.
||Psit"ta*ci (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) The order of birds which
||comprises the parrots.
Psit`ta-co-ful"*vine (?), n. [Gr. &?; a parrot + L. fulvus yellow.] A
yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.
Pso"as (?), n. [Gr. &?; a muscle of the loin: cf. f. psoas.] (Anat.) An
internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebrÊ and inserted into the
femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger one,
or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas.
||Pso"ra (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Med.) A cutaneous disease;
||especially, the itch.
||Pso*ri"a*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; psora.] (Med.) (a)
||The state of being affected with psora. [Obs.] (b) A cutaneous
||disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only
||the superficial layers of the skin.
Pso"ric (?), a. [L. psoricus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. psorique.] (Med.) Of or
pertaining to psora.
Pso"ro*sperm (?), n. [Gr. &?; itching + &?; seed.] (Zoˆl.) A minute
parasite, usually the young of GregarinÊ, in the pseudonavicula stage.
Psy`cha*gog"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;. See Psychagogue.] Attractive;
persuasive. J. Morley.
Psy"cha*gogue (?), n. [Gr.&?;; &?; the soul + &?; to lead.] A
necromancer. [R.]
Psy"chal (?), a. [See Psychical.] Of or pertaining to the soul;
psychical. Bayne.
Psy"che (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. PSychh` Psyche, fr. psychh` the soul.] 1.
(Class Myth.) A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros,
or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.