spiraculate, a. Zool.
(spɪˈrækjʊleɪt)
[f. spiraculum n. + -ate2 2.]
Possessing a spiracle or spiracles.
| 1920 I. F. & W. D. Henderson Dict. Sci. Terms 299/1 Spiraculate.., having spiracles. 1961 Paleont. Contrib.: Echinodermata (Univ. Kansas) §3. 19/1 A primitive spiraculate form is judged to be one having paired spiracles (five), four anal deltoids, conical shape of theca, lancet covered by side plates, [etc.]. 1988 Proc. Kon. Nederlandse Akad. van Wetensch. B. XCI. 168 Further study of the anatomy of the spiraculate blastoids will further contribute to this problem. |