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Noun: jumping bristletail
  1. 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