PROPNEUSTIC


Meaning of PROPNEUSTIC in English

prōˈn(y)üstik adjective

Etymology: pro- (I) + Greek pneustikos of or for breathing, from (assumed) Greek pneustos (verbal of Greek pnein to breathe) + Greek -ikos -ic — more at sneeze

of an insect larva : having only the anterior pair of spiracles functional

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.