firebrat

English

a firebrat (Thermobia domestica)

Etymology

fire +‎ brat, after their habit of collecting near furnaces.

Noun

firebrat (plural firebrats)

1. A thysanuran insect, Thermobia domestica.

Translations

Thermobia domestica

• Bulgarian: камподея f (kampodeja)
• Hungarian: kemencehalacska
• Russian: термо́бия до́машняя f (termóbija dómašnjaja)

Further reading

• firebrat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thermobia domestica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thermobia domestica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Fire Brat in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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