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hyperpneustic

hyperpneustic adjective: of certain diplurans, having an abnormally high number of thoracic spiracles (openings for respiration).

Adjective

hyperpneustic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of certain diplurans, having an abnormally high number of thoracic spiracles (openings for respiration).
    • In the most primitive condition twelve spiracles are present, being located on each of the thoracic and the anterior nine abdominal segments. This condition, however, is only known in the embryonic state of Leptinotarsa, In the postembryonic stages eleven pairs of spiracles, at most, are...1936, Philippine Journal of Science, page 196
    • A hyperpneustic condition occurs in the dipluran family Japygidae, where additional spiracles are present in the meso- and metathorax.2013, Beutel, Rolf, Insect morphology and phylogeny : a textbook for students of entomology, page 85

Questions about hyperpneustic

What does hyperpneustic mean?
Hyperpneustic means of certain diplurans, having an abnormally high number of thoracic spiracles (openings for respiration).
What part of speech is hyperpneustic?
Hyperpneustic is an adjective.

Words near hyperpneustic in the dictionary

  1. hyperpnea
  2. hyperpneas
  3. hyperpneic
  4. hyperpneumatic
  5. hyperpneumaticity
  6. hyperpneustic
  7. hyperpnoea
  8. hyperpnoeic
  9. hyperpnœa
  10. hyperpnœic
  11. hyperpoem

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