pseudotrachea
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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.
