GRYLLOBLATTID Definition & Meaning

grylloblattid

[ gril-oh-blat-id ]

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noun

a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

< New Latin Grylloblattidae a family of the order, equivalent to Grylloblatt ( a ) a genus ( Latin grill ( us ) cricket + New Latin -o- -o- + Latin blatta cockroach) + -idae -id ²

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