Pseud epiploon

(su-dep-ip' -lo-on). A false omentum found in birds. eudepisematic. In Diology. the displaying of a lure or false safety-sign.:ed by Poulton to those cases of mimicry (a) in 1 an animal resembles another animal, and is so 'ed to approach and injure it in some way, or (b) n which some lure is employed; thus, (i) the flies of he genus Volucella are enabled to lay their eggs in lests of bumble-bees by reason of their close resemblance to the latter; the larvae of the fly feed on those if the bee; the Asiatic lizard, Phrynocephalus j nystaceus, po e es pink, flower-like structures at the orners of its mouth, by which flies are allured; or 5 the Terrapin, Afalacoclemmys temminckii of the hern States of America, when hungry, opens its nouth and moves about two filaments at the tip of; they look like worms moving in a crevice e rock and therefore attract prey; the animal is j therwise perfectly motionle , and looks like a weed rock. U M Pseud erysipelas (su-der-is-ip'-el-as). Synonym of Pseudo-erysipelas.