Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the chitinous fillets or bands which form either a part or the whole of the spiral thread surrounding the tracheæ of insects.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheæ of insects. See Illust. of trachea.

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

  • noun zoology The chitinous fibre forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects.

Etymologies

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Diminutive from Latin taenia a ribbon.

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