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JUMPING BRISTLETAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jumping bristletail mean? 

JUMPING BRISTLETAIL (noun)
  The noun JUMPING BRISTLETAIL has 1 sense:

1. wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbedplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


JUMPING BRISTLETAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

jumping bristletail; machilid

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

thysanuran insect; thysanuron (primitive wingless insects: bristletail)

Holonyms ("jumping bristletail" is a member of...):

family Machilidae; Machilidae (jumping bristletails)


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