# peripneustic

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Of one of the categories of hemipneustic tracheal systems, in which the spiracles are in incomplete rows along each side of the body, as in the holopneustic arrangement, but with slightly fewer pairs of spiracles.

## Etymology
From περι- (peri-, “peri”) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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