"pseudocone" meaning in All languages combined

See pseudocone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudocone.wav [US] Forms: pseudocones [plural]
Etymology: From pseudo- + cone. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|cone}} pseudo- + cone Head templates: {{en-noun}} pseudocone (plural pseudocones)
  1. (zoology) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, such as the dragonfly or fruit fly, corresponding to the crystalline cones of other insects.

Inflected forms

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