psephurus

(First element doubtful; second, Gr.our a =a tail.] Ichthy.: A genus of Pol yod on tide, differing from Polyodon in having the rostral proce le depre ed and more conical. Upper caudal fulcra (six) enormously developed. Psephurus gladius inhabits the Yan-tse-kiang and Hoang-ho. IMG:content-1674.png:[blocks in formation] psět-tus, s. [Lat. psetta, from Att. Gr. psētta = a flat fish, not the modern genus.] Ichthy.: A genus of Carangide. Body much compre ed and elevated; snout rather short; one dorsal, ventrals, rudimentary; teeth villiform, none on palate; scales small, ctenoid. Three species are known. Psettus argenteus , about ten inches long, is very common in the Indo-Pacific. pseūd-, pref. [PSEUDO-.] pseud-hæmal, pseudo-hæmal, a. Comp. Anat.: A term applied to a system of canals in the Annelid a, in some cases communicating freely with the per i visceral cavity, but in the majority of cases shut off from it. (See extract.) "These canals are filled by a clear, usually non-corpusculated fluid, which may be red or green, and constitute the pseud-hœmal system It seems probable that the fluid of the pseud - hæmal ve els, as it contains a substance resembling hæmoglobin, represents a sort of respiratory blood."- Huxley : Anat . Invertebrates , p. 57. pseüd-æ-lür-ŭs, subst . [Pref. pseud- , and Mod. Lat. ælur us .] [AILURUS.] Palæont .: A genus of Felide, akin to Felis, but with an additional premolar in the lower jaw. From the Miocene of Europe and the Pliocene of North America. pseüd-æs-the-si-a, s . [Pref. pseud- , and Greek aisthēsia =perception.] Imaginary or false feeling; imaginary sense of touch in organs that have been long removed. *pseud-a-pos-tle (tle as el), s. [Pref. pseud- , and Eng. apostle (q. v.).] A false apostle. "Phil lip i an pseud apostles ." - Bp . Hall : Sermon on Phil . iii. 18, 19.