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thysanurans

thysanurans is the plural of thysanuran.

Meaning of thysanuran

Noun

thysanuran (plural thysanurans)

  1. Any of various insects, including the silverfish and firebrats, of the order Thysanura (now Zygentoma), which have three long caudal filaments.
    • The best known and most often seen thysanurans are the two domesticated species: silverfish and firebrat.1984, Robert N. Coulson, Forest Entomology: Ecology and Management, page 59

Questions about thysanurans

What is thysanurans the plural of?
Thysanurans is the plural of thysanuran.

Words near thysanurans in the dictionary

  1. thysanopterous
  2. thysanopters
  3. thysanoteuthid
  4. thysanoteuthids
  5. thysanuran
  6. thysanurans
  7. thysanurian
  8. thysanurians
  9. thysanuriform
  10. thysanurous
  11. thyself

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