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book lung
The main respiratory organ of many terrestrial arachnids, including scorpions and spiders. Book lungs consist of a series of soft, haemolymph-filled, overlapping flaps, covered up by a plate on the abdomen, through which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide given off.
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