PROTURAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter

Synonyms:

proturan; telsontail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("proturan" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Holonyms ("proturan" is a member of...):

order Protura; Protura (minute wingless arthropods: telsontails)

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