spiracle
61Respiration de l'insecte — L insecte, à la différence d autres animaux ou autres arthropodes, n est pas muni de poumons. Il respire par un système de trachées se divisant en trachéoles, et apportant directement l air aux Les trachées prennent naissance à partir d un… …
62organ of Pinkus — one of several diverticula in the spiracle of Mustelus and Squalus, or a dorsad running channel from the spiracle with three sensory organs at the end, or closed vesicles each with a sensory organ in Protopterus and Lepidosiren. The receptors can …
63ecdysial tube — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In some Diptera and Coleoptera, a simple cuticular tube formed around the old spiracle and through which the old spiracle and trachea are pulled during molting …
64peritreme — n. [Gr. peri, around; trema, hold] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In Acari, a concave plate surrounding a stigma (=spiracle). 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) An annular sclerite surrounding a spiracle. 3. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) see peristome …
65flea — /flee/, n. 1. any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap. 2. either of two common fleas of the genus Ctenocephalides, the very small, black… …
66louse — n. /lows/; v. /lows, lowz/, n., pl. lice /luys/ for 1 3, louses for 4, v., loused, lousing. n. 1. any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse), parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking,… …
67monkfish — /mungk fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) monkfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) monkfishes. angler (def. 3). [1600 10; MONK + FISH, appar. alluding to its remote sea bottom habitat] * * * Any of 10–12 species (genus Squatina …
68respiration — respirational, adj. /res peuh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing. 2. Biol. a. the sum total of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which oxygen is conveyed to tissues and cells,… …
69heteropteran — ▪ insect order Introduction any member of the insect order Heteroptera, which comprises the so called true bugs. (Some authorities use the name Hemiptera; others consider both the heteropterans and the homopterans to be suborders of the… …
70Insect morphology — Legend of body parts Tagmata : A Head, B Thorax, C Abdomen. 1. antenna 2. ocelli (lower) 3. ocelli (upper) 4. compound eye 5. brain (cerebral ganglia) 6. prothorax …
