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Small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail
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bristletail
Word definitions for bristletail in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bristletail \Bris"tle*tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An insect of the genera Lepisma , Campodea , etc., belonging to the Thysanura.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of various small active insects of the order ''(taxlink Thysanura order noshow=1)'', that have two or three bristles at the end of their abdomen and that do not have wings.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Several wingless hexapods are known as bristletails : Class Insecta : Order Thysanura — silverfish and allies Order Archaeognatha , especially the species Machilis maritima Class Entognatha Order Diplura — "two-pronged bristletails"
Usage examples of bristletail.
They belong to the order of bristletails because of the three long filaments at their posterior end, but they get their name from their silvery, overlapping scales.
They belong to the order of bristletails because of the three long filaments at their posterior end, but they get their name from their silvery, overlapping scales.