different between bristletail vs thysanuran

English

Alternative forms

• bristle-tail

Etymology

bristle +? tail

Noun

bristletail (plural bristletail or bristletails)

1. Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:
   1. jumping bristletails in the insect order Archaeognatha [from 18th c.]
   2. insects in the order Zygentoma such as silverfish and firebrats
   3. two-pronged bristletails in the hexapod order Diplura

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See also

• silverfish

English

Etymology

Thysanura +? -an

Noun

thysanuran (plural thysanurans)

1. 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

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