grylloblattid

grylloblattid
/gril'oh blat"id/, n.
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.
[ < NL Grylloblattidae a family of the order, equiv. to Grylloblatt(a) a genus (L grill(us) cricket + NL -o- -O- + L blatta cockroach) + -idae -ID2]

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