bristletail
Jumping bristletails in the insect order ArchaeognathaAny 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
Meaning
3 sensesAny 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
Silberfischchen
щетнихво́сткаščetnixvóstka, чешу́йницаčešújnica, са́харная чешу́йницаsáxarnaja češújnica
Two-pronged bristletails in the hexapod order Diplura
- small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail
Translations
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Origin
Calque of translingual Thysanura, as Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos, “bristle”) + AncientCalque of translingual Thysanura, as Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos, “bristle”) + Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”). By surface analysis, bristle + tail.
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Forms
plural: bristletail / bristletailsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular