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.

Origin of tracheate

1875–80; < New Latin Tracheata name of the class, noun use of neuter plural of tracheātus having tracheae. See trachea, -ate1

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