hemipneustic
Meanings
adj
- in tracheal systems, having at least one functional pair of spiracles fewer than than the ten open pairs in holopneustic tracheal systems; hemipneustic systems occur for example, in the larvae of some Lepidoptera.
Word forms
Etymology
From ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).
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