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Webster 1913 Edition
Symphyla
‖
Sym-phy′la
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
σύν
with + [GREEK] a clan.] (Zool.)
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.
Definition 2024
Symphyla
Symphyla
Translingual
Proper noun
Symphyla
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Myriapoda - subphyla
Hyponyms
- (class): Cyclorhagida, Homalorhagida, Nanaloricida - orders per Ruggiero et al.
- OR
- Scolopendrellidae, Scutigerellidae - families per Wikispecies
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521