-pneusta

noun plural combining form

-pneus·​ta

(p)ˈn(y)üstə

: animals having a (specified) mode of breathing

—in higher taxa

Enteropneusta

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek -pneustos having (such) breath, from (assumed) Greek pneustos (verbal of Greek pnein to breathe)

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