Bristletail vs Thysanuran - What's the difference?
bristletail | thysanuran | Hypernyms |
Any of various small active insects of the order , that have two or three bristles at the end of their abdomen and that do not have wings.
Any of various insects, including the silverfish and firebrats, of the order , which have three long caudal filaments.
* 1984 , Robert N. Coulson, Forest Entomology: Ecology and Management ,
* 1989 , May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers ,
* 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 ,
Thysanuran is a hypernym of bristletail.
As nouns the difference between bristletail and thysanuran
is that bristletail is any of various small active insects of the order order: Thysanura, that have two or three bristles at the end of their abdomen and that do not have wings while thysanuran is any of various insects, including the silverfish and firebrats, of the order order: Thysanura, which have three long caudal filaments.bristletail
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(wikipedia bristletail)Noun
(en-noun)See also
* silverfishthysanuran
English
(wikipedia thysanuran)Noun
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- The best known and most often seen thysanurans are the two domesticated species: silverfish and firebrat.
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- As insects go, thysanurans are about as primitive as an arthropod can get and still be considered an insect.
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- Marine thysanurans are another abundant and highly successful group of apterygotes able to exploit the ocean shore.