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Machilidae

noun

jumping bristletails

• Syn: ↑family Machilidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Thysanura, ↑order Thysanura

• Member Meronyms: ↑jumping bristletail, ↑machilid

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\\məˈkiləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Machilis, type genus + -idae

: a cosmopolitan family of primitive insects (order Thysanura) with dorsally convex body, contiguous compound eyes, and three ocelli

Useful english dictionary. 2012.