jumping bristletail

2 definitions found

jumping bristletail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

jumping bristletail - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  jumping bristletail
      n 1: wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead
           tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed [syn:
           jumping bristletail, machilid]