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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having tracheae. Used of arthropods.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a trachea or tracheæ; pertaining to the Tracheata or Trachearia; tracheary.
- noun Any tracheate arthropod; a tracheary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Breathing by means of tracheæ; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any arthropod having tracheæ; one of the Tracheata.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any
arthropod withtracheae ; one of the Tracheata.
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Examples
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Hexapoda: tracheate arthropods with head, thorax and abdomen distinct, and only six legs in the adult stage: the true insects.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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