holopneustic
Meanings
adj
- in tracheal systems, properly: having all ten pairs of spiracles functional, as occurs in the caterpillar larvae of some Hymenoptera. Loosely applied also to insects (properly termed hemipneustic) in which most, but not all, spiracles are functional.
Word forms
Etymology
From ὅλος (hólos, “entire, whole”) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).
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