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thysanuran
[ thahy-suh-noor-uhn, -nyoor-, this-uh- ]
adjective
- Also thysa·nurous. belonging or pertaining to the order Thysanura, comprising the bristletails.
noun
- a thysanuran insect; bristletail.
thysanuran
/ ˌθɪsəˈnjʊərən /
noun
- any primitive wingless insect of the order Thysanura, which comprises the bristletails
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the order Thysanura
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Derived Forms
- ˌthysaˈnurous, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thysanuran1
1820–30; < New Latin Thysanur ( a ) (< Greek thýsan ( os ) tassel + -oura, neuter plural of -ouros -tailed, adj. derivative of ourá tail) + -an
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thysanuran1
C19: from New Latin, from Greek thusanos fringe + oura tail
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Example Sentences
Several Silurian fossils have been identified as insects, including a Thysanuran from North America, but upon these considerable doubt has been cast.
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Geological History.—A supposed Thysanuran from the Silurian of New Brunswick has been described by G.F.
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Tom, Acteon, Bat, and Austin had even finished by deserting the class, and the professor found himself reduced to Hercules alone, who seemed to him to have some natural disposition to distinguish a parasite from a thysanuran.
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