the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Apterygota or Ametabola > [noun] > order Thysanura > machilis maritina (bristle tail) (5)
A wingless insect (Machilis maritima) having the abdomen terminated by bristly appendages which assist it in leaping.
An insect of the genus Lepisma, esp. L. saccharina or domestica; a bristletail or springtail.