polypneustic

adjective

pol·​yp·​neus·​tic

¦pälə̇p¦n(y)üstik

of an insect

: having at least three pairs of functional spiracles

Word History

Etymology

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

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