Thysanura

Translingual

Lepisma saccharina

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos, “bristle”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Proper noun

Thysanura

1. (archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – silverfishes, firebrats, jumping bristletails and close relatives, replaced by its former suborders Zygentoma and Archaeognatha.

Hypernyms

• (order in Dicondylia): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Apterygota - subclass

Hyponyms

• (order in Dicondylia): Zygentoma (silverfishes, firebrats), Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) - suborders, now considered orders.

References

• Thysanura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thysanura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Thysanura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons