单词 | holopneustic |
释义 | > as lemmasholopneustic holopneustic adj. Brit. /ˌhɒlə(ʊ)ˈnjuːstɪk/ , /ˌhɒlə(ʊ)pˈnjuːstɪk/ , U.S. /ˌhɑlə(p)ˈn(j)ustɪk/ , /ˌhoʊlə(p)ˈn(j)ustɪk/ [ < German holopneustisch (J. A. Palmén Morphol. des Tracheensystems (1877) vii. 78), < Greek πνευστικός for breathing (πνεῖν to breathe)] Entomology having ten pairs of spiracles (in some cases eleven), all of which are functional.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of general parts > having ten pairs of functional spiracles holopneustic1892 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of respiration > relating to a spiracle > bearing > having ten pairs of holopneustic1892 1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. xiii. 266 In adult aërial life, the tracheæ of the body acquire stigmata, and the insect becomes ‘holopneustic’. 1947 Trans. Royal Ent. Soc. 98 459 Aquatic holometabolous larvae which are holopneustic do not appear to exist. 1960 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) i. 134 The Holopneustic Respiratory System. —This is the most primitive arrangement found in living insects, 10 pairs of functional spiracles being present. < as lemmas |
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