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BRISTLETAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bristletail mean? 

BRISTLETAIL (noun)
  The noun BRISTLETAIL has 1 sense:

1. small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tailplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BRISTLETAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bristletail" is a kind of...):

thysanuran insect; thysanuron (primitive wingless insects: bristletail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bristletail"):

firebrat; Thermobia domestica (lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces)


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