Difference between revisions of "pseudotrachea"
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|etymology=Greek <i>pseudos</i>, false; <i>tracheia</i>, windpipe | |etymology=Greek <i>pseudos</i>, false; <i>tracheia</i>, windpipe | ||
− | |definition=1. A trachea-like structure. | + | |definition=1. A trachea-like [[structure]]. |
− | 2. ([[Arthropoda]]: Crustacea) In terrestrial Isopoda, a respiratory structure developed in the pleopods for air-breathing. | + | 2. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Crustacea]]) In [[terrestrial]] Isopoda, a respiratory [[structure]] developed in the pleopods for air-breathing. |
− | 3. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In Diptera, small, specialized channels of the labellum that open to the exterior of the oral lobes and pass liquid food to the food canal. | + | 3. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In Diptera, small, specialized channels of the [[labellum]] that open to the [[exterior]] of the [[oral]] lobes and pass liquid [[food]] to the [[food]] [[canal]]. |
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Latest revision as of 23:41, 13 September 2013
pseudotrachea (noun; Greek pseudos, false; tracheia, windpipe): 1. A trachea-like structure.2. (Arthropoda: Crustacea) In terrestrial Isopoda, a respiratory structure developed in the pleopods for air-breathing.
3. (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Diptera, small, specialized channels of the labellum that open to the exterior of the oral lobes and pass liquid food to the food canal.