单词 | amphipneustic |
释义 | > as lemmasamphipneustic amphipneustic adj. /-ˈ(p)njuːstɪk/ [Formed as amphipneust n. + -ic suffix] Zool. having breathing-pores at both ends of the body, as certain dipterous larvæ. ΚΠ 1891 H. M. Bernard & M. Bernard tr. A. Lang Text-bk. Compar. Anat. i. 482 This amphipneustic tracheal system is found in many parasitic or half-parasitic Diptera larvæ. 1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 450 Other larvæ have a pair of stigmata placed at the termination of the body, and another pair near the anterior extremity..; these larvæ are said to be ‘amphipneustic’. 1957 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) i. 134 Amphipneustic.—Only the prothoracic and the posterior abdominal spiracles are open. This type is a common one among larval Diptera. < as lemmas |
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