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thysanuran

[ thahy-suh-noor-uhn, -nyoor-, this-uh- ]

adjective

  1. Also thysa·nurous. belonging or pertaining to the order Thysanura, comprising the bristletails.


noun

  1. a thysanuran insect; bristletail.

thysanuran

/ ˌθɪsəˈnjʊərən /

noun

  1. any primitive wingless insect of the order Thysanura, which comprises the bristletails
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the order Thysanura
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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.

Geological History.—A supposed Thysanuran from the Silurian of New Brunswick has been described by G.F.

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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