firebrat

English

a firebrat (Thermobia domestica)

Etymology

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

Noun

firebrat (plural firebrats)

A thysanuran insect, Thermobia domestica.

Translations

Thermobia domestica

Bulgarian: камподея f (kampodeja)
Hungarian: kemencehalacska

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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