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    THYSANURAN INSECT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Primitive wingless insects: bristletailplay

    Synonyms:

    thysanuran insect; thysanuron

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("thysanuran insect" is a kind of...):

    insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thysanuran insect"):

    bristletail (small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail)

    Lepisma saccharina; silverfish (silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing)

    jumping bristletail; machilid (wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed)

    Holonyms ("thysanuran insect" is a member of...):

    order Thysanura; Thysanura (firebrats; silverfish; machilids)

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