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Symphyla

Symphyla Meaning & Definition
Symphyla Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Symphyla?

[n] small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede

Synonyms | Synonyms for Symphyla: class Symphyla

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See Also | Arthropoda | class | genus Scutigerella | phylum Arthropoda | Scutigerella

Symphyla In Webster's Dictionary

\Sym*phy"la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + ? a clan.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects.

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