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BRISTLETAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bristletail mean?
• BRISTLETAIL (noun)
The noun BRISTLETAIL has 1 sense:
1. small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail
Familiarity information: BRISTLETAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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