metapneustic

adjective

met·​ap·​neus·​tic

¦meˌtap¦n(y)üstik

of an insect larva

: breathing through a single pair of posterior or anal spiracles

Word History

Etymology

meta- + Greek pneustikos of or for breathing, from (assumed) Greek pneustos (verbal of Greek pnein to breathe) + Greek -ikos -ic

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