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Silverfish vs Thysanuran - What's the difference?

silverfish | thysanuran |

As nouns the difference between silverfish and thysanuran

is that silverfish is , a small wingless insect with silvery scales, a type of bristletail while thysanuran is any of various insects, including the silverfish and firebrats, of the order , which have three long caudal filaments.

silverfish

English

(wikipedia silverfish) (Lepisma saccharina) (Megalops atlanticus) (Raiamas) (Pleuragrammatinae)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • , a small wingless insect with silvery scales, a type of bristletail.
  • Other similar insects in the order , including:
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  • , the tarpum.
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  • A white variety of the goldfish.

    • Synonyms

    * (type of bristletail) fishmoth

    thysanuran

    English

    (wikipedia thysanuran)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 , page 59,
    • The best known and most often seen thysanurans are the two domesticated species: silverfish and firebrat.
  • * 1989 , May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers , page 21,
    • As insects go, thysanurans are about as primitive as an arthropod can get and still be considered an insect.
  • * 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