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Thysanura

Thysanura Meaning & Definition
Thysanura Definition And Meaning

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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