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. oftrachea .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology The
chitinous fibre forming thespiral thread of thetracheae ofinsects .
Etymologies
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Diminutive from Latin taenia a ribbon.
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