Definition of Tracheae

1. Noun. (irregular plural of trachea) ¹

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Definition of Tracheae

1. trachea [n] - See also: trachea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tracheae

traceless
tracepoint
tracepoints
tracer
tracer/y
tracer bullet
traceried
traceries
tracers
tracery
traces
traceur
traceurs
trach
trachea
tracheae (current term)
tracheal
tracheal branches
tracheal cartilages
tracheal fenestration
tracheal fistula
tracheal glands
tracheal intubation
tracheal lymph nodes
tracheal mucosa
tracheal ring
tracheal triangle
tracheal tube
tracheal tug
tracheal ulceration

Literary usage of Tracheae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The structure of the tracheae.—The fact that in their embryological development the tracheae: ... The intima is the chitinous inner layer of the tracheae. ..."

2. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith Beale (1868)
"tracheae, or air tubes which are characteristic of the class of insects may be ... These are the tracheae,and their black appearance is due to their ..."

3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1879)
"Note on the tracheae of certain Australian Ducks. By EP RAMSAY, FLS In our Proceedings for the year 1877, I made some remarks on the Anas castanea of Eyton, ..."

4. Insecta. by Alpheus Hyatt, Jennie Maria Arms Sheldon (1890)
"An instructive feature in the anatomy of insects is the system of tracheae and air-sacs. On either side of the prothorax (PI. II., Fig. 15, p.; PI. I., Fig. ..."

5. Insecta by Alpheus Hyatt, Jennie Maria Arms Sheldon (1890)
"An instructive feature in the anatomy of insects is the system of tracheae and air-sacs. On either side of the prothorax (PI. II., Fig. 15, p.; PI. I., Fig. ..."

6. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1815)
"They are composed of a system of arterial tracheae formed by a common trunk, which extends from one extremity of the body to another, and into which ..."

7. Annals of philosophy.. by Thomas Thomson (1815)
"The arterial tracheae rise in the head below the cerebriform ganglion. ... The two great branches parallel to the common trunk of the arterial tracheae, ..."

8. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1815)
"These two trunks of pulmonary tracheae communicate with each other by means of the ... This apparatus, in combining with that of the arterial tracheae, ..."

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