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Definition of Spiracular
1. a. Of or pertaining to a spiracle.
Definition of Spiracular
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, of having spiracles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spiracular
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiracular
Literary usage of Spiracular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt (1890)
"A well-developed lateral tubercle on each side of these is evidently the
supra-spiracular, whilst there are well-developed pre- and sub-spiracular tubercles ..."
2. The Anatomy and Development of the Lateral Line System in Amia Calva by Edward Phelps Allis (1889)
"The group lies in the median wall of the membranous spiracular canal near its
... The spiracular canal in Amia (No. 20, p. 492) opens widely on the upper ..."
3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... with five longitudinal lines—tne dorsal, two subdorsal, and two spiracular lines.
The subdorsal is white, and bears, in the place of the ring-spots, ..."
4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"The spiracular fold is pink, bordered with white and interrupted by the ...
There is no trace of any pink or other stripe above or below the spiracular one. ..."
5. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1881)
"This nerve, which at this stage is of about equal size with the palatine, is the
spiracular or pne- spiracular nerve of z oot ..."
6. Annual Report by State Entomologist of Indiana (1916)
"B. Antennae and legs very much reduced, "rudimentary"; anal ring with ten hairs;
spiracular spines approximately equal in length, all short and stout. ..."
7. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"This latter, although similarly related to the upper eyelid, belongs primarily
to the system of the spiracular muscles, aud is, in fact, ..."
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