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(zoology) A group of arthropods with 12 pairs of legs that live in the deeper soil layers and feed primarily on dead plant matter, although some species also eat young roots and the root hairs of living plants..
[…] differences in the number of symphylids in the surface layers of soil […]
The symphylids are related to the millepedes ^([sic]) and centipedes and the only pest of any importance is the glasshouse symphylid, white insect or glasshouse centipede (Scutigerella immaculata).
Use symphylid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Symphylid means (zoology) A group of arthropods with 12 pairs of legs that live in the deeper soil layers and feed primarily on dead plant matter, although some species also eat young roots and the root hairs of living plants..
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[…] differences in the number of symphylids in the surface layers of soil […]
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