Trachea — is a common term for an airway through which respiratory air passes in organisms. Trachea may refer to:* Vertebrate trachea, in terrestrial vertebrates, such as birds and mammals * Invertebrate trachea, in terrestrial invertebrates, such as… … Wikipedia
trachea — (n.) c.1400, from M.L. trachea (mid 13c.), as in trachea arteria, from L.L. trachia (c.400), from Gk. trakheia, in trakheia arteria windpipe, lit. rough artery (so called from the rings of cartilage that form the trachea), from fem. of trakhys… … Etymology dictionary
trachea — [trā′kē ə; ] chiefly Brit [ trə kē′ə] n. pl. tracheae [trā′kēē΄] or tracheas [ME trache < ML trachea < LL trachia, windpipe < Gr tracheia (arteria), rough (windpipe) < trachys, rough, akin to thrassein, to confuse < IE base * dher … English World dictionary
Trachea — Tra che*a, n.; pl. {Trache[ae]}. [NL.,from L. trachia, Gr. trachei^a (sc. ? windpipe), from ? rough, rugged: cf. F. trach[ e]e.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) The windpipe. See Illust. of {Lung}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the respiratory… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trachēa [1] — Trachēa, 1) (T. Kilikia, Tracheōtis), so v.w. Rauhes Kilikien, s. Kilikien; 2) so v.w. Seleukia 6) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Trachēa [2] — Trachēa, 1) (Anat.), so v.w. Luftröhre; 2) (Bot.), so v.w. Schraubengefäße 2) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Trachēa [3] — Trachēa, Gattung aus der Schmetterlingsfamilie Eulen; Rückenkamm getheilt, Vorderflügel herabhängend, Verwandlung unter der Erde, Raupe auf dem Rücken breit gestreift; Arten: T. atriplicis, braungrau mit zwei lilaen Querbinden auf den… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Trachēa — (lat.), die Luftröhre … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Trachĕa — Trachĕa, s. Eulen, S. 161 … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Trachea — Trachēa (grch.), die Luftröhre … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
