Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In entomology, a small circular sclerite, or ring of hard chitinized integument, often surrounding the spiracle or breathing-hole of an insect.
  • noun In conchology, the circumference of the aperture of a univalve; a peristome.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.
  • noun The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.
  • noun zoology The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek, meaning "around a hole".

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