Pseudoproct
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pseudoproct is a noun meaning (biology) The anal opening on the pseudembryo of an echinoderm.
Meaning
(biology) The anal opening on the pseudembryo of an echinoderm.
More Meanings
- (biology) A false osculum or secondary opening which replaces the original osculum of a sponge.
Example Sentences
The larva now fixes itself by the 'pseudoproct.'
The pseudostome and pseudoproct become obscure and are shortly obliterated, the sarcoid forming a thick, smooth, uniform layer over the stem and over its terminal disk.
The pseudembryo or echinopzrdium, at first cilisted and spheroidal, becomes after a time wedge-shaped; at its broad end appears the mouth or psaudostome, and at the other the anus or pseudoproct.
The pseudembryo moves rapidly in the water, rolling round and swinging from side to side ; as a rule, and especially when at rest, the surface bearing the pseudostome and pseudoproct is turned downwards.
Word Forms
- pseudoprocts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pseudostome, epiproct, cytoproct, pseudembryo, pseudocoel, pseudoembryo.
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