TELSONTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telsontail mean? 

• TELSONTAIL (noun)
  The noun TELSONTAIL has 1 sense:

1. any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter

  Familiarity information: TELSONTAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELSONTAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

proturan; telsontail

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

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Holonyms ("telsontail" is a member of...):

order Protura; Protura (minute wingless arthropods: telsontails)