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Thysanura
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What's The Definition Of Thysanura?
[n] firebrats; silverfish; machilids
Synonyms | Synonyms for Thysanura: order Thysanura Related Terms | Find terms related to Thysanura: See Also | animal order | class Hexapoda | class Insecta | family Lepismatidae | family Machilidae | Hexapoda | Insecta | Lepismatidae | Machilidae | thysanuran insect | thysanuron Thysanura In Webster's Dictionary \Thys`a*nu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? fringe + ?
tail.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform
caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a
spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura,
or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called
also {Thysanoura}. See {Lepisma}, and {Podura}.
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