adjective
- having a trachea or tracheal system for breathing
Usage: biological
Examples
- Insects are tracheate arthropods that breathe through a network of tubes.
- The tracheate respiratory system allows air to reach cells directly.
- Spiders and other tracheate animals have specialized breathing structures.
- Most terrestrial arthropods are tracheate organisms.
- The tracheate condition is an adaptation for life on land.