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Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks
Answer for the clue "Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks ", 8 letters:
machilid
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Word definitions for machilid in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International 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
Word definitions in WordNet
n. wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed [syn: jumping bristletail ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A wingless insect which can jump large distances when disturbed, in the Machilidae family.