单词 | peripneustic |
释义 | peripneusticadj. Entomology. Designating or having a respiratory system in which there is a row of spiracles along each side of the body, all or almost all of which are fully functional. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [adjective] > of young > of larva > having stigmata on sides peripneustic1891 1891 H. M. Bernard & M. Bernard tr. A. Lang Text-bk. Compar. Anat. I. i. vi. 482 The tracheal system of peripneustic [Ger. peripneustisch] larvæ may be modified in various ways by adaptation to different modes of life. 1966 Bull. Entomol. Res. 57 125 The larva of Dasyneura leguminicola..is metapneustic... In A. peshawarensis, the spatula is developed in the fourth instar and the larva is peripneustic. 1991 Austral. Jrnl. Zool. 39 77 All three instars of C. felis are peripneustic, and third-instar O. quirosi larvae are holopneustic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1891 |
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