- pseudocone
- pseu·do·cone
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pseudocone
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pseudocone — I. “+ˌ adjective Etymology: pseud + cone : being an insect eye in which the crystalline cone is formed by a vitreous secretion of the cone cells compare eucone II. noun : a pseudocone eye … Useful english dictionary
pseudocone — adj. [Gr. pseudos, false; konas, cone] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In certain Diptera and Odonata, a condition where the cone of the ommatidium is liquid filled or gelatinous rather than a crystalline cone (eucone condition) … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pseudocone — Term used by some cycadologists to refer to the cluster of leaf like megasporophylls in Cycas … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
Pineapple gall — The Pineapple or Pseudocone gall Darlington, Arnold (1975) The Pocket Encyclopaedia of Plant Galls in Colour. Pub. Blandford Press. Poole. ISBN 0 7137 0748 8. P. 114.] develops as a chemically induced distortion of up to a hundred pine needles,… … Wikipedia
Ommatidium — Ommatidium: A – cornea, B – crystalline cone, C D – pigment cells, E – rhabdom, F – photoreceptor cells, G – membrana fenestrata, H – optic nerve The compound eyes of insects, mantis shrimp and millipedes[1] are composed of units called ommatidia … Wikipedia
Conifer cone — Mature female Lodgepole Pine cone An Aleppo Pine cone ( … Wikipedia
Picea abies — Norway Spruce Norway Spruce Conservation status … Wikipedia
Gall — For other uses, see Gall (disambiguation). Kalanchoë infected with crown gall using Agrobacterium tumefaciens … Wikipedia
Хрусталик — (lens crystallina), или линза преломляющее тело в глазу, имеющее у различных форм весьма различное морфологическое значение. Иногда X. вовсе отсутствует, напр. в глазу большинства медуз, а также и в сравнительно высокоорганизованном глазу… … Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона
acone eye — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A condition (possibly primitive) of a compound eye in which the ommatidium is lacking a crystalline cone, but is modified in the form of elongated transparent bodies called Semper cells; see pseudocone, eucone, exocone … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
