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Tracheata
(gcide) | Tracheata \Tra`che*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those
which breathe by tracheae, as distinguished from Crustacea,
which breathe by means of branchiae.
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Prototracheata
(gcide) | Prototracheata \Pro`to*tra`che*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See Proto-,
and Trachea.] (Zool.)
Same as Malacopoda.
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Protracheata
(gcide) | Protracheata \Pro*tra`che*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See Pro-, and
Trachea.] (Zool.)
Same as Malacopoda.
[1913 Webster]Malacopoda \Mal`a*cop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. malako`s
soft + -poda.] (Zool.)
A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also
Protracheata, and Onychophora.
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Note: They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from
seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly
jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of
antennae. The trancheae are connected with numerous
spiracles scattered over the surface of the body.
Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus.
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