NOUN | animal | thysanuron, thysanuran insect | primitive wingless insects |
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Meaning | Primitive wingless insects: bristletail. | |
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Synonym | thysanuran insect | |
Member of | Thysanura, order Thysanura | firebrats |
Narrower | bristletail | small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail |
jumping bristletail, machilid | wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks | |
silverfish, Lepisma saccharina | Silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing | |
Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
Spanish | tisanuro | |
Catalan | tisanur |
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