firebrat

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

firebrat
    n 1: lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces [syn:
         {firebrat}, {Thermobia domestica}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

firebrat \firebrat\ n. (Zool.)
   an insect ({Thermobia domestica}) which is a type of
   bristletail that lives in warm moist areas e.g. around
   furnaces.

   Syn: {Thermobia domestica}.
        [WordNet 1.5]