English English Dictionary

Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.

One of the Trachelipoda.

An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.

Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto the Trachelipoda.

Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.

The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.

A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheae.

One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.

of Tracheobranchia

Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.

Goiter.

A tumor containing air and communicating with the trachea.

A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea.

Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.

The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.

Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus, a genus of fishes which includes the weevers. See Weever.

Tracheitis.

Rough-fruited.

A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medusae.

Rough-seeded.