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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wingless insect living in dark moist places, as under tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed; called also
jumping bristletail .
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- noun A
wingless insect which canjump large distances whendisturbed , in the Machilidaefamily .
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- noun wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed
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