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ORDER THYSANURA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Firebrats; silverfish; machilids

Synonyms:

order Thysanura; Thysanura

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("order Thysanura" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Thysanura"):

thysanuran insect; thysanuron (primitive wingless insects: bristletail)

family Lepismatidae; Lepismatidae (firebrats)

family Machilidae; Machilidae (jumping bristletails)

Holonyms ("order Thysanura" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)

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