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symphylids

symphylids is the plural of symphylid.

Meaning of symphylid

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

Questions about symphylids

What is symphylids the plural of?
Symphylids is the plural of symphylid.

Words near symphylids in the dictionary

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

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