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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 909 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THYSANURA , the name applied by P. A. See also:

Latreille to the See also:primitive wingless See also:insects known as springtails and bristletails. See also:Sir J. Lubbock (See also:Lord See also:Avebury) separated the springtails as a distinct See also:order, the Collembola, and by many students this separation has been maintained. It is better, on the whole, to regard the Thysanura and Collembola as sub-orders of a single order, the See also:Aptera (q.v.). The Thysanura are recognizable by their elongate feelers and tail-processes (cerci). See also:Campodea (q.v.) Maclzilis and Lepisma—to which belongs the " See also:silver-See also:fish " (q.v.)—are the best known genera.

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