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SYMPHYLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede
Synonyms:
class Symphyla; Symphyla
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Symphyla" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Symphyla"):
genus Scutigerella; Scutigerella (garden centipedes)
Holonyms ("Symphyla" is a member of...):
Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)