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thysanurian

thysanurian is the alternative form 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

Forms of thysanurian

pluralthysanurians

Origin of thysanurian

Thysanura + -ian

Questions about thysanurian

What is thysanurian the alternative form of?
Thysanurian is the alternative form of thysanuran.

Words near thysanurian in the dictionary

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

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