| prop. n. | 1. | A natural family of insects including the jumping bristletails. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Machilidae - jumping bristletails arthropod family - any of the arthropods order Thysanura, Thysanura - firebrats; silverfish; machilids jumping bristletail, machilid - wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed |
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