tracheate
[ trey-kee-eyt, -it or, esp. British, truh-kee-it ]
/ ˈtreɪ kiˌeɪt, -ɪt or, esp. British, trəˈki ɪt /
adjective
(of an arthropod) having tracheae.
noun
a tracheate arthropod.
Words nearby tracheate
Example sentences from the Web for tracheate
If the ancestor of the Insecta was, as seems possible, tracheate, this fact alone would rule out the trilobites.
The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites |Percy Edward RaymondNo tracheate Crustacea are known, but some terrestrial Isopoda develop pulmonary in-sinkings of the integument.
Hexapoda: tracheate arthropods with head, thorax and abdomen distinct, and only six legs in the adult stage: the true insects.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology |John. B. SmithThe present tracheal respiration of the Tracheata developed at a later period out of respiration through the “tracheate gills.”
The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2) |Ernst Haeckel