The best known and most often seen thysanurans are the two domesticated species: silverfish and firebrat.
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Thysanuran
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French
1 entries- thysanoure noun (species of order Thysanura)
Italian
1 entries- tisanuro noun (species of order Thysanura)
Polish
1 entries- szczeciogonka noun (species of order Thysanura)
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As insects go, thysanurans are about as primitive as an arthropod can get and still be considered an insect.
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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.
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