book lung

English

Alternative forms

• book-lung

Noun

book lung (plural book lungs)

1. (arachnology) A lamellate respiratory organ found in arachnids.
   • 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, page 16:

     In addition to book lungs most spiders also have a second respiratory system in the form of paired tracheae; Atypus has none.

Translations

A lamellate respiratory organ found in arachnids

• Dutch: boeklong (nl) f or m
• Finnish: kirjakeuhko
• French: phyllotrachée f
• German: Buchlunge f
• Hungarian: lemezes tüdő (hu)
• Italian: polmone a libro m
• Portuguese: filotraquéia f
• Spanish: pulmón en libro m, filotráquea f