holopneustic

adjective

hol·​op·​neus·​tic

¦häləp¦n(y)üstik,

¦hōl-

: having all the spiracles or tracheal stigmata open

—distinguished from apneustic

—used of various insects

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hol- + -pneustic (from Greek pneustikos of or for breathing, from—assumed—Greek pneustos —verbal of Greek pnein to breathe—+ Greek -ikos -ic)

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