bristletail

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈbɹɪsəlˌteɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:; jumping bristletails in the insect order Archaeognatha
  2. Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:; insects in the order Zygentoma such as silverfish and firebrats
  3. Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:; two-pronged bristletails in the hexapod order Diplura

词形变化

bristletail plural bristletails plural bristle-tail alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
jumping bristletail
相关词
silverfish

词源

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