(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:52:43

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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