pneumootoka

pl. [Pref. pneuma-; Gr. oon an egg, and tokos =laying.] Zool .: Owen's name for a primary division of Vertebrata, including those which breathe air and lay eggs. He included under it Birds, and the greater number of Reptiles. Epneumo pleurit pneu-mo-pleû-ri-tis, s . [Pref. pneumo-, and Pathol.: Pneumonia with bronchitis, the latter predominating. pneu-mör-a, subst. [Pref. pneum-, and Gr. ōra =care.] Entom.: A South African genus of Acridiide. Darwin considers that in no other orthopterous insects has the structure been so modified for stridulation, the whole body being converted into a musical instrument.