单词 | symphylan |
释义 | > as lemmassymphylan symphylan adj. and n. Brit. /ˈsɪmfᵻlan/ , U.S. /ˈsɪmfələn/ [modern Latin Symphyla, name of a class of arthropods (J. A. Ryder 1880, in Amer. Naturalist XIV. 376), < Greek ϕυλή tribe: so called from their combining characteristics of several other classes] (of or pertaining to) an arthropod of the class Symphyla, the members of which resemble centipedes, having soft bodies and many legs.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Symphyla > [noun] > member of symphylan1898 symphylid1936 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Symphyla > [adjective] > of or relating to member of class Symphyla symphylan1898 symphylid1936 1898 A. S. Packard Text-bk. Entomol. 21 He..believed that the Symphyla are the forerunners of the myriapods, and not of the insects, his genealogical tree representing the symphylan and thysanuran phyla as originating from the same point. 1964 U. Lanham Insects i. 19 Two of these classes [of many-legged arthropods]— the pauropods and the symphylans—are small, obscure creatures... The other two—centipedes and millipedes—are larger, more conspicuous. 1979 W. D. Russell-Hunter Life Invertebr. xvi. 301 In some structural features, symphylans resemble the centipedes and in others the apterygote insects. < as lemmas |
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