'jumping bristletail' definitions:

Definition of 'jumping bristletail'

(from WordNet)
noun
Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed [syn: jumping bristletail, machilid]

Definition of 'jumping bristletail'

From: GCIDE
  • machilid \mach"i*lid\, n. A wingless insect living in dark moist places, as under tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed; called also jumping bristletail.
  • Syn: jumping bristletail. [WordNet 1.5]