jumping bristletail
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jumping bristletail — any of several thysanuran insects that live in dark, warm, moist places, as under leaves, bark, and dead tree trunks and along rocky seacoasts, and are active jumpers, making erratic leaps when disturbed. Also called machilid. * * * … Universalium
jumping bristletail — noun wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed • Syn: ↑machilid • Hypernyms: ↑thysanuran insect, ↑thysanuron • Member Holonyms: ↑Machilidae, ↑family Machilidae … Useful english dictionary
machilid — mach i*lid, n. A wingless insect living in dark moist places, as under tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed; called also {jumping bristletail}. Syn: jumping bristletail. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
machilid — noun wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed • Syn: ↑jumping bristletail • Hypernyms: ↑thysanuran insect, ↑thysanuron • Member Holonyms: ↑Machilidae, ↑f … Useful english dictionary
thysanuran insect — noun primitive wingless insects: bristletail • Syn: ↑thysanuron • Hypernyms: ↑insect • Hyponyms: ↑bristletail, ↑silverfish, ↑Lepisma saccharina, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
thysanuron — noun primitive wingless insects: bristletail • Syn: ↑thysanuran insect • Hypernyms: ↑insect • Hyponyms: ↑bristletail, ↑silverfish, ↑Lepisma saccharina, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Machilidae — noun jumping bristletails • Syn: ↑Machilidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Thysanura, ↑order Thysanura • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Machilidae — noun jumping bristletails • Syn: ↑family Machilidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Thysanura, ↑order Thysanura • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Thysanura — Taxobox name = Thysanura image width = 200px image caption = Silverfish regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Apterygota ordo = Thysanura subdivision ranks = Families subdivision = *Lepismatidae *Nicoletiidae… … Wikipedia
machilid — /mak euh lid, meuh kuy /, n. See jumping bristletail. [ < NL Machilidae family name, equiv. to Machilid , s. of Machilis a genus + idae ID2] * * * … Universalium
