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THYSANURA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Thysanura mean?
• THYSANURA (noun)
The noun THYSANURA has 1 sense:
1. firebrats; silverfish; machilids
Familiarity information: THYSANURA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Firebrats; silverfish; machilids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
order Thysanura; Thysanura
Hypernyms ("Thysanura" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Thysanura"):
thysanuran insect; thysanuron (primitive wingless insects: bristletail)
family Lepismatidae; Lepismatidae (firebrats)
family Machilidae; Machilidae (jumping bristletails)
Holonyms ("Thysanura" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)
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