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tracheal gill

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1. n. One of the external filaments or leaflike plates connected with the tracheae of the inside of the body that form part of the respiratory system of some aquatic insect larvae and nymphs but rarely persist in the adult. Source: wordnet

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tracheae adult aquatic body connected external filaments form insect inside larvae leaflike nymphs part persist plates rarely respiratory system

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trachea tracheal tracheal vein trachearia tracheary

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