Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemipneustic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemip-neustic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Example Sentences

"1977 O.W. Richards & R.G. Davies Imms' general textbook of entomology pub. Methuen Hemipneustic Respiratory Systems... are prevalent among insect larvae and are derived from the holopneustic type through one or more pairs of spiracles becoming non-functional."

Etymology

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

Questions

What does hemipneustic mean?: 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.
Where does hemipneustic come from?: From ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).

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