tracheate adjective & noun. ['treɪkɪeɪt] L19.
[mod. Latin Tracheata (see below), from tracheatus having tracheae, from TRACHEA: see -ATE².]
Zoology.
A. adjective.
1. Of an arthropod: having tracheae; spec. belonging to the former order Tracheata, comprising arachnids which breathe by tracheae alone. L19.

2. Of respiration: by means of tracheae. L19.
b. noun. A tracheate arthropod. L19.

■ tracheated adjective (of an arthropod, its gill, etc.) provided with or having tracheae L19.

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