pseudocone

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounpseudocone (plural pseudocones)

plural pseudocones

  1. biologyOne 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.

    Each ommatidium is topped with a cornea and a crystalline pseudocone, which acts as a focusing lens, directing light into the rhabdom, a long, narrow and transparent structure at the centre of the ommatidium.

    2020, Marianne Taylor, The Pocket Book of Insect Anatomy, EYES

Origin

From pseudo- + cone.

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APA

pseudocone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudocone

MLA

“pseudocone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudocone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudocone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudocone.

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