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Webster 1913 Edition


Taenidium


Tae-nid′i-um

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Taenidia
(#)
.
[NL., dim. fr. L.
taenia
a ribbon.]
(Zool.)
The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects. See Illust. of
Trachea
.

Definition 2024


taenidium

taenidium

English

Noun

taenidium (plural taenidia)

  1. (zoology) The chitinous fibre forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects.