MACHILID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does machilid mean? 

• MACHILID (noun)
  The noun MACHILID has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACHILID (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 ("machilid" is a kind of...):

thysanuran insect; thysanuron (primitive wingless insects: bristletail)

Holonyms ("machilid" is a member of...):

family Machilidae; Machilidae (jumping bristletails)