HyperDic: jumping_bristletail

English > 1 sense of the expression jumping bristletail:
NOUNanimaljumping bristletail, machilidwingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks
English > jumping bristletail: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningwingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed.
Synonymmachilid
Member ofMachilidae, family Machilidaejumping bristletails
Broaderthysanuran insect, thysanuronPrimitive wingless insects

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