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Definition of Symphyla
1. Noun. Small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede.
Group relationships: Arthropoda, Phylum Arthropoda
Member holonyms: Genus Scutigerella, Scutigerella
Generic synonyms: Class
Definition of Symphyla
1. n. pl. An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Symphyla
Literary usage of Symphyla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The class Symphyla includes a small number of many-legged arthropods which exhibit
striking affinities with insects, and especially with the Thysanura. ..."
2. Handbook to the City of Dublin and the Surrounding District by Grenville Arthur James Cole, R. Lloyd Praeger (1908)
"CHILOPODA, Symphyla, AND DIPLOPODA. ... Leach, not rare in mould, represents the
Symphyla. The Millipedes (Diplopoda) are more numerous. ..."
3. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"... is also the case with the four anterior segments (known as the thorax), and,
apparently, fusion is also absent in the genital segment. C. Symphyla and ..."
4. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"It is more probable that the Symphyla were the descendants of these ... The following
summary of the structural features of the Symphyla, as represented by ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"Now the question arises, have the Symphyla characters sufficiently distinctive
to keep them apart as a separate order, next to and below llie Thysanura as a ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The reasonableness of placing the Symphyla i Scolo- ... Having characteristics
of the Symphyla ; combining characters of myriapods with those of the true ..."
7. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The class Symphyla includes a small number of many-legged arthropods which exhibit
striking affinities with insects, and especially with the Thysanura. ..."
8. Handbook to the City of Dublin and the Surrounding District by Grenville Arthur James Cole, R. Lloyd Praeger (1908)
"CHILOPODA, Symphyla, AND DIPLOPODA. ... Leach, not rare in mould, represents the
Symphyla. The Millipedes (Diplopoda) are more numerous. ..."
9. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"... is also the case with the four anterior segments (known as the thorax), and,
apparently, fusion is also absent in the genital segment. C. Symphyla and ..."
10. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"It is more probable that the Symphyla were the descendants of these ... The following
summary of the structural features of the Symphyla, as represented by ..."
11. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"Now the question arises, have the Symphyla characters sufficiently distinctive
to keep them apart as a separate order, next to and below llie Thysanura as a ..."
12. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The reasonableness of placing the Symphyla i Scolo- ... Having characteristics
of the Symphyla ; combining characters of myriapods with those of the true ..."
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