Tracheata

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tracheata \Tra`che*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
     An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those
     which breathe by tracheae, as distinguished from Crustacea,
     which breathe by means of branchiae.
     [1913 Webster]