bristletail

English

Etymology

bristle +‎ tail

Noun

bristletail (plural bristletail or bristletails)

Any of various small active insects of the order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura), that have two or three bristles at the end of their abdomen and that do not have wings.

Translations

insect of the order Zygentoma

Chinese:
Mandarin: 衣魚 (zh), 衣鱼 (zh) (yīyú)
Finnish: sokeritoukka
French: lépisme (fr) m, poisson d'argent (fr) m
German: Silberfischchen (de) n

Italian: acciughina (it) f
Navajo: łeʼesoołii
Portuguese: traça (pt) f, traça-de-livros f (Brazil), lepisma m
Russian: щетнихво́стка f (ščetnixvóstka), чешу́йница f (češújnica), са́харная чешу́йница f (sáxarnaja češújnica)
Spanish: pececillo de plata m, lepisma de la harina (es) f, lepisma del azúcar f

See also

silverfish

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