- respiratory trumpet
-
see respiratory horn.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
respiratory trumpet
Look at other dictionaries:
respiratory trumpet — noun : either of the two trumpet shaped projections that bear the thoracic spiracles in the pupae of mosquitoes and midges … Useful english dictionary
respiratory horn — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. In Diptera, paired prothoracic protuberances on the aquatic pupae of most Culicidae and Ceratopogonidae; respiratory trumpet. 2. A sharply pointed post abdominal siphon in some aquatic insect pupae that are thrust into… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
trumpet — n. [OF. trompe, trumpet] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, paired, usually movable respiratory structures, located on the dorsal portion of the cephalothorax of culicid pupae; see laticorn trumpet, angusticorn trumpet … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
laticorn trumpet — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, a respiratory structure of mosquito pupae bearing the longest axis transverse to the stem, frequently with a secondary cleft in the pinna opposite the meatal cleft, less wide mouthed than the angusticorn type,… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
angusticorn trumpet — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, a respiratory structure of Culicidae pupae bearing the longest axis vertically and approximately in line with the stem, funnelshaped when closed, with a split (meatal cleft) down one side allowing it to open… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Miles Davis — Photo of Davis in 1955 taken by Tom Palumbo Background information Birth name Miles Dewey Davis III … Wikipedia
performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
Conch — For other uses, see Conch (disambiguation). For the Indian Ritual Conch, see Shankha. Apertural view of an adult shell of the queen conch Lobatus gigas, from Trinidad Tobago … Wikipedia
lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… … Universalium
Tetrodotoxin — Chembox new ImageFile=Tetrodotoxin 2D skeletal.png ImageSize= ImageFile2=Tetrodotoxin 3D balls.png IUPACName=Octahydro 12 (hydroxymethyl) 2 imino 5,9:7,10a dimethano 10aH [1,3] dioxocino [6,5 d] pyrimidine 4,7,10,11,12 pentol… … Wikipedia
