Air vessel


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Air´ ves`sel


1.A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral vessels.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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