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proturan

American

[pruh-toor-uhn, -tyoor-] / prəˈtʊər ən, -ˈtjʊər- /

noun

a proturan insect; telsontail.

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the order Protura, compromising the telsontails.

Etymology

Origin of proturan

< New Latin Protur ( a ) name of the order ( see prot-, uro- ², -a ¹) + -an

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