breathing-pore
1breathing pore — see spiracle …
2pore — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. breathing hole, skin hole, orifice; stoma, ostiole, porus; opening. v. i. read, peruse, scan, scrutinize, examine closely; mull over, consider. See thought, inquiry, vision. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …
3stoma — n. [Gr. pl. Stomata.] 1. Pore (in plants), breathing pore, stomate. 2. Breathing hole (in articulate animals) …
4sto|ma — «STOH muh», noun, plural ma|ta or mas. 1. an opening or pore in a plant; breathing pore. A leaf contains many stomata which let water and gases in and out of the plant. 2. a mouthlike opening in an animal body, especially a small or simple… …
5Limax — Li max (l[imac] m[a^]ks), n. [L.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens …
6astigmatic — adj. [Gr. an, without; stigma, mark] Lacking stigmata; without a spiracle or breathing pore …
7spiracle — n. [L. spirare, to breathe] (ARTHROPODA) A breathing pore or orifice leading to the tracheal or respiratory system; stigma; spiracular adj …
8stigma — n.; pl. stigmata [Gr. stigma, mark] 1. A spiracle or breathing pore. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In Acari, a sclerite surrounding a spiracle. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. A colored wing spot; see monostigmatous. b. In Odonata, a tickening of the… …
9stoma — n. (pl. mata ), mouth; orifice; breathing pore of plants. ♦ stomatal, a. ♦ stomatic a. pertaining to stoma.; n. & a. Medicine, used for disorders of mouth. ♦ stomatiferous, a. having stoma. ♦ stomatitis, n. inflammation of mouth.… …
10Nitrous oxide — N2O redirects here. For other uses, see N2O (disambiguation). Laughing gas redirects here. For other uses, see Laughing gas (disambiguation). Not to be confused with nitric oxide (formula NO) or nitrogen dioxide (formula NO2). For other uses, see …
