Noun: jumping bristletail
- Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed
"The jumping bristletail's sudden movements can startle hikers in the forest";
- machilid
Derived forms: jumping bristletails
Type of: thysanuran insect, thysanuron
Part of: family Machilidae, Machilidae
Encyclopedia: Jumping bristletail