telsontail

telsontail
/tel"seuhn tayl'/, n.
any of several minute, wingless, primitive insects of the order Protura, having a cone-shaped head with sucking and piercing mouthparts and no eyes or antennae, inhabiting damp soil or decaying organic matter.
[TELSON + TAIL1]

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  • telsontail — noun any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter • Syn: ↑proturan • Hypernyms: ↑insect • Member Holonyms: ↑Protura, ↑order Protura * * * /tel seuhn tayl / …   Useful english dictionary

  • proturan — noun any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter • Syn: ↑telsontail • Hypernyms: ↑insect • Member Holonyms: ↑Protura, ↑order Protura * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • proturan — /preuh toor euhn, tyoor /, n. 1. a proturan insect; telsontail. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the order Protura, compromising the telsontails. [ < NL Protur(a) name of the order (see PROT , URO 2, A1) + AN] * * * ▪ insect       any of a… …   Universalium

  • order Protura — noun minute wingless arthropods: telsontails • Syn: ↑Protura • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑Hexapoda, ↑class Hexapoda …   Useful english dictionary

  • Protura — noun minute wingless arthropods: telsontails • Syn: ↑order Protura • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑Hexapoda, ↑class Hexapoda …   Useful english dictionary

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