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Thysanuran
Thysˊa-nu′ran
,Noun.
(Zool.)
One of the Thysanura. Also used adjectively.
Definition 2024
thysanuran
thysanuran
English
Noun
thysanuran (plural thysanurans)
- Any of various insects, including the silverfish and firebrats, of the order Thysanura, which have three long caudal filaments.
- 1984, Robert N. Coulson, Forest Entomology: Ecology and Management, page 59,
- The best known and most often seen thysanurans are the two domesticated species: silverfish and firebrat.
- 1989, May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers, page 21,
- As insects go, thysanurans are about as primitive as an arthropod can get and still be considered an insect.
- 2008, Timothy J. Bradley, Saline-water Insects: Ecology, Physiology and Evolution, Jill Lancaster, Robert A. Briers, Aquatic Insects: Challenges to Populations: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 24th Symposium, page 22,
- Marine thysanurans are another abundant and highly successful group of apterygotes able to exploit the ocean shore.
- 1984, Robert N. Coulson, Forest Entomology: Ecology and Management, page 59,
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species of order Thysanura
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