SYMPHYLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Symphyla mean? 

• SYMPHYLA (noun)
  The noun SYMPHYLA has 1 sense:

1. small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede

  Familiarity information: SYMPHYLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYMPHYLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Symphyla; Symphyla

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)