spiraculateadj.
/spɪˈrakjʊleɪt/ Zoology.
Possessing a spiracle or spiracles.
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1920 I. F. & W. D. Henderson Dict. Sci. Terms 299/1 Spiraculate.., having spiracles.
1961 Paleont. Contrib.: Echinodermata (Univ. Kansas) §3. 19/1 A primitive spiraculate form is judged to be one having paired spiracles (five), four anal deltoids, conical shape of theca, lancet covered by side plates, [etc.].
1988 Proc. Koninkl. Nederlandse Akad. van Wetenschappen B. XCI. 168 Further study of the anatomy of the spiraculate blastoids will further contribute to this problem.
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