BRISTLETAIL

bristletail

(noun) small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

bristletail (plural bristletail or bristletails)

Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related

jumping bristletails in the insect order Archaeognatha

insects in the order Zygentoma such as silverfish and firebrats

two-pronged bristletails in the hexapod order Diplura

Source: Wiktionary

Bris"tle*tail`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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