TRACHEATE


Meaning of TRACHEATE in English

/tray"kee ayt', -it/ or, esp. Brit., /treuh kee"it/ , adj.

1. (of an arthropod) having tracheae.

n.

2. a tracheate arthropod.

[ 1875-80; Tracheata name of the class, n. use of neut. pl. of tracheatus having tracheae. See TRACHEA, -ATE 1 ]

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