holopneustic

[ hol-uhp-noo-stik, -nyoo-, hoh-luhp- ]

adjective

1. having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.

Word History and Origins

Origin of holopneustic¹

1890–95; holo- + Greek pneustikós pertaining to breathing, equivalent to pneust ( ós ) verbid of pneîn to breathe ( pneuma ) + -ikos -ic