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PRONUNCIATION OF BRISTLETAIL

bristletail  [ˈbrɪsəlˌteɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRISTLETAIL

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Bristletail is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRISTLETAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bristletail in the English dictionary

The definition of bristletail in the dictionary is any primitive wingless insect of the orders Thysanura and Diplura, such as the silverfish and firebrat, having a flattened body and long tail appendages.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRISTLETAIL


blacktail
ˈblækˌteɪl
bobtail
ˈbɒbˌteɪl
bucktail
ˈbʌkˌteɪl
cocktail
ˈkɒkˌteɪl
dovetail
ˈdʌvˌteɪl
ducktail
ˈdʌkˌteɪl
fishtail
ˈfɪʃˌteɪl
hardtail
ˈhɑːdˌteɪl
hightail
ˈhaɪˌteɪl
horsetail
ˈhɔːsˌteɪl
milltail
ˈmɪlˌteɪl
pigtail
ˈpɪɡˌteɪl
ponytail
ˈpəʊnɪˌteɪl
scaletail
ˈskeɪlˌteɪl
swallowtail
ˈswɒləʊˌteɪl
tattletale
ˈtætəlˌteɪl
telltale
ˈtɛlˌteɪl
tripletail
ˈtrɪpəlˌteɪl
whitetail
ˈwaɪtˌteɪl
yellowtail
ˈjɛləʊˌteɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRISTLETAIL

briskness
brisling
Brisso
Brissot
bristle
bristle brush
bristle worm
bristle-grass
bristlecone pine
bristlelike
bristliness
bristling
bristly
Bristol
Bristol board
Bristol Channel
Bristol fashion
bristols
Bristow
brisure

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRISTLETAIL

cottontail
curtail
detail
entail
foxtail
go into detail
in detail
long tail
mocktail
mousetail
nose to tail
pintail
prawn cocktail
rat tail
rat-tail
retail
shavetail
shirt-tail
sting in the tail
tail

Synonyms and antonyms of bristletail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bristletail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRISTLETAIL

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The translations of bristletail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bristletail» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bristletail
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bristletail
570 millions of speakers

English

bristletail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bristletail
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bristletail
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bristletail
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bristletail
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bristletail
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bristletail
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bristletail
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bristletail
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

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130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bristletail
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bristletail
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bristletail
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bristletail
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रिस्टलेटेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bristletail
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bristletail
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bristletail
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bristletail
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bristletail
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bristletail
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bristletail
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

bristletail
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bristletail
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bristletail

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRISTLETAIL»

The term «bristletail» is used very little and occupies the 173.373 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRISTLETAIL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bristletail

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRISTLETAIL»

Discover the use of bristletail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bristletail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cut and Create! Bugs and Other Creatures (eBook)
Glue one to the back of the silverfish and two to the front of the head for antennas. Cut two #12 eyes from black paper and glue to the head or use a marker to color them. BRISTLETAIL SILVERFISH PATTERNS HEAD 1 CUT ONE BODY 2 CUT.
Kim Rankin, 1997
2
Insects and Spiders of the World
The earliest known fossil insect is a three-pronged bristletail from rocks dating back almost 400 million years. Today, these insects and another aptery- gote ( wingless) group, the silverfish, still live in soil, rotting vegetation, and occasionally  ...
Robert S. Anderson, Richard Beatty, Stuart Church, 2003
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History of Insects
Additionally, a possibly Late Tertiary, doubtful bristletail is described in onyx marble from Bonner Quarry in Arizona, USA (PIERCE 1951). 2.1.2. ORDER LEPISMATIDA Latreille, 1804. THE SILVERFISH (=Thysanura Latreille 1796, s. str.
Natalya V. Belayeva, A.P. Rasnitsyn, Donald L. Quicke, 2002
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Atlas Of Creation - Volume 3-:
BRISTLETAIL. Age: 50 million years Period: Eocene Location: Poland Different families of these insects, members of the sub-order Archaeognata, live in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. When one of their legs, antennae or similar  ...
HARUN YAHYA-ADNAN OKTAR
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Kids Meet the Bugs
Well. golly. gee,. Bristletail. it's nice to meet you. Iam a member ofa group of wingless insects known as bristletails. There are approximately 350 species in the two families that make up my order and we are found all around the world. Not that ...
Andra Serlin Abramson, 2013
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1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
Class. INSECTA. Order. THYSANURA. Family MACffllJDAE I Machiloides heteropus Hawaiian Long-palp Bristletail USA: Hawaiian Islands I Machiloides perkinsi Perkin's Club-palp Bristletail USA: Hawaiian Islands ...
Brian Groombridge, BirdLife International, 1993
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4-H Club Insect Manual
Silverfish, silver moth, or bristletail. — There is another small silvery-colored insect usually found on the floor, around books, or in other dark places. Occasionally it ventures out into the light. It has several common names such as silverfish, ...
Merlin Perry Jones, 1939
8
The Complete Garden Wildlife Book
Two-tailed Bristletail Campodea fragilis Length: 10mm The Two-tailed Bristletail is found in gardens across the country, with the compost heap a prime location; and although the composition of the heap may be vegetable, Bristletails are ...
Mark Golley, 2007
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Trouble in Bugland: A Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries
"Let us go and collect Colonel Bristletail. He has the bait we need to bring our sad and wretched quarry to its final snare." The sun had risen over the high plateau, burning off the mist and illuminating the dancing waves of the ocean that shone ...
William Kotzwinkle, 1996
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Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences ...
To understand the ancestral state of the wing, expression of three key regulatory genes in insect wing development, wingless (wg), vestigial (vg), and apterous (ap ) was studied in two basal insects, mayfly and bristletail,” investigators in Kobe, ...
‎2012

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRISTLETAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bristletail is used in the context of the following news items.
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Paignton Zoo a haven for British native species
... Scoliopteryx libatrix, the rare bloxworth snout Hypena obsitalis and a south Devon specialist, the bristletail Trigoniophthalmus alternatus; the ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
2
To rent: a piece of paradise off Dublin's coast
They also found five species that were completely new to science – a bristletail insect, a mite, and three varieties of earthworm. Revelstoke took ... «Irish Independent, Jun 14»
3
When Did Insects Learn to Smell?
Living primal: A bristletail (top) and firebrat (bottom). Source: Missbach et al. Arthropod Structure & Development (2011) and Tree of Life Web ... «Scientific American, May 14»
4
Londonderry police custody suite closed due to insect infestation
Silverfish Bristletail. 12:15 Wednesday 02 April 2014. 0. Have your say. The custody suite at Strand Road police station had to be closed earlier this week after it ... «Belfast Newsletter, Apr 14»
5
The first insects were not yet able to smell well
This is a photo of jumping bristletail, Lepismachilis y-signata. The wingless insect has strikingly long antennae, although its sense of smell is ... «Phys.Org, Mar 14»
6
8 Quirky Species Discovered in Lava-Tube Caves
This newly discovered bristletail is cave-adapted, meaning that it lives its entire life in complete cave darkness. Credit: Jut Wynne/Northern ... «LiveScience.com, Sep 13»
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Portuguese biologist makes insect discovery in Algarve
According to biologist Sofia Reboleira, “it is the largest underground insect in Europe and the second largest bristletail in the world.” «The Portugal News, Apr 12»
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Insect wing evolution revealed in recycled genes
... standbys of biology, and instead looked at winged mayflies and wingless bristletail insects, cousins to the silverfish well-known to most folks. «USA Today, Mar 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bristletail [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bristletail>. Apr 2024 ».
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