| thysanura | (n) firebrats; silverfish; machilids, Syn. order Thysanura |
| thysanuran insect | (n) primitive wingless insects: bristletail, Syn. thysanuron |
| Thysanura | ‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; fringe + &unr_; tail. ] (Zool.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also |
| Thysanuran | n. (Zool.) One of the Thysanura. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 衣魚虫 | [しみむし, shimimushi] (n) (obsc) (See 衣魚) true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae) [Add to Longdo] |
| 雲母虫 | [きららむし, kiraramushi] (n) (obsc) (See 紙魚) true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae) [Add to Longdo] |
| 紙魚;衣魚;蠧魚 | [しみ(gikun);とぎょ(蠧魚), shimi (gikun); togyo ( to sakana )] (n) (1) (uk) true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae); (2) (See 大和紙魚) oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa); (3) (derog) someone who is unable to apply what they have read [Add to Longdo] |