Definition of Symphyla

1. Noun. Small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede.

Exact synonyms: Class Symphyla
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

Sylviinae
Sylvilagus
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Sylvilagus floridanus
Sylvilagus palustris
Symbion pandora
Symbionese
Symonds
Symone
Symons
Symphalangus
Symphalangus syndactylus
Symphoricarpos
Symphoricarpos alba
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Symphyla
Symphytum
Symphytum officinale
Symplocaceae
Symplocarpus
Symplocarpus foetidus
Symplocus
Symplocus paniculata
Symplocus tinctoria
Synagrops
Synagrops bellus
Synanceja
Synanceja verrucosa
Synapsida
Synaptomys

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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