jumping bristletail

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

jumping bristletail
    n 1: wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead
         tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed [syn:
         {jumping bristletail}, {machilid}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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