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SYMPHYLA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede

Synonyms:

class Symphyla; Symphyla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Symphyla"):

genus Scutigerella; Scutigerella (garden centipedes)

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

Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)

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