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bristletail

US/ˈbɹɪsəlˌteɪl/

bristletail noun: jumping bristletails in the insect order Archaeognatha.

Noun

bristletail (plural bristletail or bristletails)

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

bristletail meaning in Tamil

bristletail in Tamil

முள்மயிர்வாலி, நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

Forms of bristletail

pluralbristletail
pluralbristletails
alternative formbristle-tail

Origin of bristletail

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

Words formed from bristletail

Questions about bristletail

What does bristletail mean?
Bristletail means jumping bristletails in the insect order Archaeognatha.
What is bristletail in Tamil?
Bristletail in Tamil is முள்மயிர்வாலி, நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Bristletail meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bristletail?
Bristletail is a noun.
How do you pronounce bristletail?
Bristletail is pronounced /ˈbɹɪsəlˌteɪl/ (US).
What is the plural of bristletail?
The plural of bristletail is bristletail.

Words near bristletail in the dictionary

  1. bristler
  2. bristlers
  3. bristles
  4. bristles up
  5. bristlet
  6. bristletail
  7. bristletails
  8. bristlets
  9. bristleweed
  10. bristleworm
  11. bristleworms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bristletail (page history and authors); bristletail (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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