trachean, a. (n.) Zool.
(ˈtreɪkiːən, trəˈkiːən)
[f. trachea + -an.]
Pertaining to or of the nature of a trachea, tracheal; having tracheæ, tracheate. b. n. A tracheate arachnid.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxviii. 21 He has also considered the Trachean and Pulmonary Arachnida as forming one class. Ibid. 24 This appears to have had great weight with Lamarck, inducing him to include in his Arachnida, not only the Tracheans and Myriapods, but even the apterous Hexapods. 1891 Cent. Dict. s.v., Trachean respiration..trachean branchiæ. |