Pseudo-heart

Pseudo-heart
Pseudo-heart Pseu"do-heart`, n. [Pseudo- + heart.] (Zo["o]l.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system. [1913 Webster]

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