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