peripneustic
peripneustic adjective: of one of the categories of hemipneustic tracheal systems, in which the spiracles are in incomplete rows along each side of the body, as in the holopneustic arrangement, but with slightly fewer pairs of spiracles.
Adjective
peripneustic (not comparable)
- Of one of the categories of hemipneustic tracheal systems, in which the spiracles are in incomplete rows along each side of the body, as in the holopneustic arrangement, but with slightly fewer pairs of spiracles.
- 1977 O.W. Richards & R.G. Davies Imms' general textbook of entomology pub. Methuen
Peripneustic... spiracles in a row along each side of the body. In typical examples the prothoracic and abdominal spiracles are open, that of the metathorax being closed. This condition is found in the terrestrial...
- 1977 O.W. Richards & R.G. Davies Imms' general textbook of entomology pub. Methuen
Origin of peripneustic
From περι- (peri-, “peri”) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).
Questions about peripneustic
- What does peripneustic mean?
- Peripneustic means of one of the categories of hemipneustic tracheal systems, in which the spiracles are in incomplete rows along each side of the body, as in the holopneustic arrangement, but with slightly fewer pairs of spiracles.
- What part of speech is peripneustic?
- Peripneustic is an adjective.
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