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Webster 1913 Edition

Tracheobranchia

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Traˊche-o-bran′chi-a

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Noun.

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pl.

Tracheobranchlae

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[NL. See

, and

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(Zool.)

One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.