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MACHILIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Machilidae mean?
• MACHILIDAE (noun)
The noun MACHILIDAE has 1 sense:
1. jumping bristletails
Familiarity information: MACHILIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Jumping bristletails
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Machilidae; Machilidae
Hypernyms ("Machilidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Machilidae"):
jumping bristletail; machilid (wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed)
Holonyms ("Machilidae" is a member of...):
order Thysanura; Thysanura (firebrats; silverfish; machilids)
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