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firebrat

English

Etymology

fire +? brat, after their habit of collecting near furnaces.

Noun

firebrat (plural firebrats)

  1. A thysanuran insect, Thermobia domestica.

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Further reading

  • Fire Brat in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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thysanuran

English

Etymology

Thysanura +? -an

Noun

thysanuran (plural thysanurans)

  1. Any of various insects, including the silverfish and firebrats, of the order Thysanura (now Zygentoma), which have three long caudal filaments.
    • 2008, Timothy J. Bradley, Saline-water Insects: Ecology, Physiology and Evolution, Jill Lancaster, Robert A. Briers, Aquatic Insects: Challenges to Populations: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 24th Symposium, page 22,
      Marine thysanurans are another abundant and highly successful group of apterygotes able to exploit the ocean shore.

Hypernyms

  • bristletail

Related terms

  • thysanurous

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