Thysanura

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(Zool.) 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.

Noun

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Thysanura - firebrats; silverfish; machilids Synonyms: order Thysanura

animal order, class Hexapoda, class Insecta, family Lepismatidae, family Machilidae, Hexapoda, Insecta, Lepismatidae, Machilidae, order Thysanura, thysanuran insect, thysanuron