bristletail

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bristletail

/ˈbɹɪsəlˌteɪl/ US

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Calque of translingual Thysanura, as Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos, “bristle”) + Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”). By surface analysis, bristle + tail.

noun bristletail · bristletails · bristle-tail

jumping bristletails in the insect order Archaeognatha
insects in the order Zygentoma such as silverfish and firebrats
two-pronged bristletails in the hexapod order Diplura

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noun insect of the order Zygentoma

Español	pececillo de plata, lepisma de la harina, lepisma del azúcar
中文	衣魚 /衣鱼 yīyú
Português	traça, traça-de-livros, lepisma
Français	lépisme, poisson d'argent
Deutsch	Silberfischchen
Italiano	acciughina
Русский	щетнихво́стка ščetnixvóstka, чешу́йница češújnica, са́харная чешу́йница sáxarnaja češújnica

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@misc{bristletail_2026,
  title = {bristletail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bristletail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}