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Zygentoma
Zygentoma
Translingual
Proper noun
Zygentoma
- The silverfish and firebrats:
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Apterygota.
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Dicondylia.
Synonyms
- (order): Thysanura (obsolete)
Hypernyms
- (order in Dicondylia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - subclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Lepismatidae, Nicoletiidae, Lepidotrichidae, Maindroniidae, Protrinemuridae - families