Definition of Thysanura in English:
Thysanura
plural nounˌθʌɪsəˈn(j)ʊərəˌTHīsəˈn(y)o͝orə
Entomology 1An order of insects that comprises the true, or three-pronged, bristletails.
Example sentencesExamples
- The amber also contains an insect of particularly ancient origin, a bristletail, a member of insect Order Thysanura.
- There are huge gaps in the early fossil record, since several basal hexapod groups have not been found at all in the Paleozoic: Protura, Diplura, and Thysanura.
- The database is being filled by chronological input from Thysanura literature on hand.
- 1.1 Insects of the order Thysanura; bristletails.
thysanura with compound eyes
Example sentencesExamples
- The Thysanura are primitive insects, wingless and with lengthened body that usually live in sheltered places avoiding the direct sunlight.
- The Thysanura are widely distributed throughout warmer parts of the world.
Derivatives
noun & adjective
Entomology Only one thysanuran is of particular economic importance in the United States, the silverfish or " slicker’.
Example sentencesExamples
- For that matter, mayflies are not morphologically so different from thysanurans that we can reject Nardi's suggestion out of hand.
- Molting may continue into adulthood, and there may be more than forty molts in the life of a thysanuran.
- Mushroom bodies in thysanuran insects (silverfish) lack calyces.
- Domestic species of thysanurans have the potential to cause extensive damage to household goods.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Greek thusanos 'tassel' + oura 'tail'.
Definition of Thysanura in US English:
Thysanura
plural nounˌTHīsəˈn(y)o͝orə
Entomology 1An order of insects that comprises the true, or three-pronged, bristletails.
Example sentencesExamples
- The database is being filled by chronological input from Thysanura literature on hand.
- There are huge gaps in the early fossil record, since several basal hexapod groups have not been found at all in the Paleozoic: Protura, Diplura, and Thysanura.
- The amber also contains an insect of particularly ancient origin, a bristletail, a member of insect Order Thysanura.
- 1.1 Insects of the order Thysanura; bristletails.
thysanura with compound eyes
Example sentencesExamples
- The Thysanura are primitive insects, wingless and with lengthened body that usually live in sheltered places avoiding the direct sunlight.
- The Thysanura are widely distributed throughout warmer parts of the world.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Greek thusanos ‘tassel’ + oura ‘tail’.