Usually means: Ring surrounding spiracle in arachnids.
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  2. peritreme: Wordnik
  3. peritreme: Wiktionary
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  5. Peritreme: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. peritreme: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Peritreme: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (peritreme)

noun:  (zoology) That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.
noun:  (zoology) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.

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