| 释义 |
peripneustic, a. Entom.|pɛrɪpˈnjuːstɪk|
[mod. f. Gr. περί around, about + πνευστικ-ός of or fit for breathing, f. stem πνευ- of πνέ-ειν to breathe.]
Of insect-larvæ: see quot. 1899.
1891A. Lang Comp. Anat. i. vi. 482 The tracheal system of peripneustic larvæ may be modified in various ways by adaptation to different modes of life. 1899Cambridge Nat. Hist. VI. 450 Some larvae have stigmata arranged along the sides of the body after the fashion normal in Insect-larvae; these are called ‘peripneustic’. |