English Explanatory Dictionary

forcepstail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of Diplura (two-pronged bristletails) in the families Evalljapygidae, Parajapygidae, and especially Japygidae.
  2. A member of dragonflies in the genera Phyllocycla (lesser forcepstails) and Aphylla (greater forcepgenus|stails).

Word forms

forcepstail forcepstails

Etymology

From forceps + tail.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on F Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary