thysanuran

== English == === Etymology === Thysanura +‎ -an === Noun === thysanuran (plural thysanurans) Any of various insects, including the silverfish and firebrats, of the order Thysanura (now Zygentoma), which have three long caudal filaments. 2008, Timothy J. Bradley, Saline-water Insects: Ecology, Physiology and Evolution, Jill Lancaster, Robert A. Briers, Aquatic Insects: Challenges to Populations: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 24th Symposium, page 22, Marine thysanurans are another abundant and highly successful group of apterygotes able to exploit the ocean shore. ==== Hypernyms ==== bristletail ==== Related terms ==== thysanurous ==== Translations ==== === References === Zygentoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Zygentoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Thysanura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons