'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]