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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 disturbed
Familiarity information: JUMPING BRISTLETAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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