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symphylid

symphylid noun: a group of arthropods with 12 pairs of legs that live in the deeper soil layers and feed primarily on dead plant matter, although some species also eat young roots and the root hairs of living plants.

Noun

symphylid (plural symphylids)

  1. A group of arthropods with 12 pairs of legs that live in the deeper soil layers and feed primarily on dead plant matter, although some species also eat young roots and the root hairs of living plants.
    • […] differences in the number of symphylids in the surface layers of soil […]2012, M. Gratwick, Crop Pests in the UK: Collected edition of MAFF leaflets, page 382
    • The symphylids are related to the millepedes ^([sic]) and centipedes and the only pest of any importance is the glasshouse symphylid, white insect or glasshouse centipede (Scutigerella immaculata).2015, Roland Fox, The Gardener's Book of Pests and Diseases

Forms of symphylid

pluralsymphylids

Questions about symphylid

What does symphylid mean?
Symphylid means a group of arthropods with 12 pairs of legs that live in the deeper soil layers and feed primarily on dead plant matter, although some species also eat young roots and the root hairs of living plants.
What part of speech is symphylid?
Symphylid is a noun.
What is the plural of symphylid?
The plural of symphylid is symphylids.

Words near symphylid in the dictionary

  1. symphorols
  2. symphorophilia
  3. symphronistic
  4. symphylan
  5. symphylans
  6. symphylid
  7. symphylids
  8. symphyllous
  9. symphylly
  10. symphynote
  11. symphyogenesis

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