Thysanura

Translingual

Lepisma saccharina

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θυσάνος (thusános, “bristle”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Proper noun

Thysanura

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – silverfishes, firebrats, jumping bristletails and close relatives, replaced by its former suborders Zygentoma and Archaeognatha.

Hypernyms

(order in Dicondylia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Apterygota - subclass

Hyponyms

(order in Dicondylia): Zygentoma (silverfishes, firebrats), Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) - suborders, now considered orders.

References

Thysanura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thysanura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Thysanura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Thysanura at the Tree of Life Web Project

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