hemipneustic

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English

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One example of a category of hemipneustic respiratory systems, is the peripneustic system, in which typically, only one pair of thoracic spiracles is open.

Etymology

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From ἡμι- (hēmi-, half) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).

Adjective

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hemipneustic (not comparable)

  1. (entomology) in tracheal systems, having at least one functional pair of spiracles fewer than than the ten open pairs in holopneustic tracheal systems; hemipneustic systems occur for example, in the larvae of some Lepidoptera.