- metapneustic
- Having one's respiratory organs in one's butt
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
metapneustic
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metapneustic — adj. [Gr. meta, after; pneustikos, of breathing] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Said of aquatic insect larvae having only the posterior pair of spiracles open and functioning; see oligopneustic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
metapneustic — met·ap·neus·tic … English syllables
metapneustic — |meˌtap|n(y)üstik adjective Etymology: meta + Greek pneustikos of or for breathing, from (assumed) Greek pneustos (verbal of Greek pnein to breathe) + Greek ikos ic more at sneeze of an insect larva : breathing through a single pair of posterior… … Useful english dictionary
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amphipneustic — adj. [Gr. amphi, on both sides; pneustikos, breathe] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Refers to aquatic larva having the first and last pairs of spiracles open and functioning; see metapneustic; peripneustic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
oligopneustic — adj. [Gr. oligos, few; pneustikos, of breathing] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Having one or two functional spiracles on each side, including the amphipneustic, metapneustic and propneustic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
