thysanuron

Definitions of thysanuron

1. noun

   primitive wingless insects: bristletail
   synonyms: thysanuran insect

   types:

   bristletail

   small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail

   Lepisma saccharina, silverfish

   silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing

   jumping bristletail, machilid

   wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed

   Thermobia domestica, firebrat

   lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces

   type of:

   insect

   a small creature with six legs, three body fragments, two antennae, and usually wings belonging in the Arthropoda phylum