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thysanuron

DEFINITIONS OF: thysanuron

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n primitive wingless insects: bristletail

Synonyms:
thysanuran insect
Types:
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bristletail
small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail
Lepisma saccharina, silverfish
silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
jumping bristletail, machilid
wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed
Thermobia domestica, firebrat
lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces
Type of:
insect
small air-breathing arthropod
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