Definition of Thysanurans

1. thysanuran [n] - See also: thysanuran

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thysanurans

thyrsoid
thyrsopteris
thyrsus
thysanone
thysanopter
thysanoptera
thysanopteran
thysanopterans
thysanopteron
thysanopterous
thysanopterous insect
thysanopters
thysanura
thysanuran
thysanuran insect
thysanurans (current term)
thysanuron
thysanurous
thysbe
thyself
thyselves
thysen
tiabendazole
tiadenol
tiamulin
tian
tianeptine
tians
tiapride
tiaprofenic acid

Literary usage of Thysanurans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fauna of Mayfield's Cave by Arthur Mangun Banta (1907)
"It is often attracted to decaying organic matter and is nearly always associated with the thysanurans. It is quite possible that the latter are attracted to ..."

2. On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God: As Manifested in the Creation of by William Kirby (1837)
"The thysanurans are remarkable for their anal appendages, which consist either of jointed organs resembling antennae, and approaching very near to the ..."

3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1896)
"insect found by Dr. SH Sr.udder in the Oligocene beds of Florissant, which he has referred to the thysanurans. The reduction of the head to little else than ..."

4. The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as by Francis Henry Egerton Bridgewater (1837)
"The thysanurans are remarkable for their anal appendages, which consist either of jointed organs resembling antennae, and approaching very near to the ..."

5. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"Our thysanurans are supposed by some Zoologists to reveal many of the characters of the primitive insects. They live in damp places, under stones and ..."

6. Class Book of Economic Entomology: With Special Reference to the Economic by William Lochhead (1919)
"... Tenthredinidae and Mecoptera; in certain thysanurans they persist as rudimentary abdominal appendages throughout the life of the insect. ..."

7. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1897)
"Most essential of all was an inherent power of variation and adaptation, and probably, as with some of our present thysanurans, reproduction was rapid and ..."

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