Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Breathing at: both ends: applied to certain dipterous larvæ having spiracles at each end of the body connected by large tracheal trunks.
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This restriction of the breathing-holes to a front and hind pair (amphipneustic condition) or to a hind pair only (metapneustic type) is highly characteristic of the larvae of Two-winged flies.
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