holopneustic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
in tracheal systems, properly: having all ten pairs of spiracles functional, as occurs in the caterpillar larvae of some Hymenoptera. Loosely applied also to insects (properly termed hemipneustic) in which most, but not all, spiracles are functional.
Example Sentences
- "1964 O.W. Richards & R.G. Davies A general textbook of entomology pub. Methuen The Holopneustic Respiratory System... is the most primitive arrangement found in living insects, 10 pairs of functional spiracles being present, on the first 8 abdominal segments, the metathorax and either the prothorax or the mesothorax. It is characteristic of the nymphs and imagines of many orders and of the larvae of the Bibionidae (Diptera) and some Hymenoptera."