tracheate
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of tracheate
1875–80; < New Latin Tracheata name of the class, noun use of neuter plural of tracheātus having tracheae. See trachea, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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No tracheate Crustacea are known, but some terrestrial Isopoda develop pulmonary in-sinkings of the integument.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Hexapoda: tracheate arthropods with head, thorax and abdomen distinct, and only six legs in the adult stage: the true insects.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
We are compelled to take a similar view of the agreement between the tracheal air-tubes of Arachnida and other tracheate Arthropods.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Probably tracheae have developed independently by the same process in several groups of tracheate Arachnids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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