BRISTLETAIL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bristletail" is a kind of...):

thysanuran insect; thysanuron (primitive wingless insects: bristletail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bristletail"):

firebrat; Thermobia domestica (lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces)

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