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Definition of Thysanuran
1. n. One of the Thysanura. Also used adjectively.
Definition of Thysanuran
1. Noun. Any of various insects, of the order ''Thysanura'', known for their three long caudal filaments. ¹
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Definition of Thysanuran
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Medical Definition of Thysanuran
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thysanuran
Literary usage of Thysanuran
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... Report of the United States Entomological Commission by United States Entomological commission (1883)
"... are evidently descendants from an ancestral form like Lepisma, their larvae
closely resembling this thysanuran. We have therefore indicated in this ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1904)
"When we find further that there is a striking similarity between the thysanuran
and Crustacean mandibles, that Insects agree with ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1903)
"My original idea that it is a thysanuran is certainly a mistaken one. The Symphyla
evidently forms a group by itself, and I am inclined to agree with Pocock ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1898)
"... representing a now thysanuran family, by Justus Watson Folsom, pp. ...
A thysanuran of the genus A noura, hy FL Harvey, pp. 422-423 ; 3 figs. ..."
5. The Fauna of Mayfield's Cave by Arthur Mangun Banta (1907)
"It is perfectly white and shows no trace of eyes. In color, size and general
appearance it very much resembles the young of the thysanuran ..."
6. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"The thysanuran line of development appears to approach as closely as any to that
of the lower winged forms, but the retention of many of the characters ..."