dipluran
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dipluran — ▪ insect also called apteran , or entotrophian any of a group of about 800 species of small primitive wingless insects, considered by some entomologists to have features similar to ancestral insects. In some classification schemes, the order… … Universalium
dipluran — di·plu·ran … English syllables
dipluran — noun see diplura … Useful english dictionary
Diplura — For other uses, see Diplura (disambiguation). Diplurans Temporal range: Late Carboniferous–Recent … Wikipedia
apterygote — /ap ter i goht , ap teuhr /, adj. belonging or pertaining to the Apterygota, a subclass of primitive wingless insects that undergo little or no metamorphosis. Also, apterygotous /ap ter i goh teuhs/. [ < NL Apterygota name of the subclass, equiv … Universalium
insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… … Universalium
