oligopneustic

oligopneustic
adj. [Gr. oligos, few; pneustikos, of breathing]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
Having one or two functional spiracles on each side, including the amphipneustic, metapneustic and propneustic.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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