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pseudovitellus
pseudovitellus n. 
/ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)vʌɪˈtɛləs/, /ˌsudoʊˌvaɪˈtɛləs/ Entomology (now rare) = mycetome n.
Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)vᵻˈtɛləs/
, /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)vᵻˈtɛləs//ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)vʌɪˈtɛləs/U.S. /ˌsudoʊvəˈtɛləs/
, /ˌsudoʊvəˈtɛləs//ˌsudoʊˌvaɪˈtɛləs/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > specialized cell > cell containing micro-organisms or mycetocyte > mycetome
pseudovitellus1858
mycetoma1923
mycetome1924
1858 T. H. Huxley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 22 208 The central mass..completely simulates the vitellus of an impregnated ovum; and I will therefore term it a ‘pseudovitellus’.
1924 Philippine Jrnl. Sci. 24 150 Henneguy..also described the origin of the ‘pseudovitellus’ from the follicular epithelium.
1946 E. A. Steinhaus Insect Microbiol. iv. 190 In 1850 Leydig observed certain organs in aphids which have subsequently been called ‘symbiotic organs’, ‘pseudovitelli’, ‘green bodies’, ‘bacteriotomes’, and ‘mycetoms’ or ‘mycetomes’.
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