firebrat in English

noun
1
a fast-moving brownish insect, a type of bristletail, that frequents warm places indoors.
The firebrat prefers temperatures over 90 degrees F.

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1. The firebrat Thermobia domestica is an Apterygote species, phylogenetically related to winged insects

2. In this study, we report the analysis of the immune-related transcriptome from an Apterygote insect, the firebrat Thermobia domestica (Zygentoma, Lepismatidae), which currently emerges as a suitable model insect for evolutionary and developmental studies

3. The name Apterygota is sometimes applied to a subclass of small, agile insects, distinguished from other insects by their lack of wings in the present and in their evolutionary history; notable examples are the silverfish, the firebrat, and the jumping bristletails.Their first known occurrence in the fossil record is during the Devonian period, 417–354 million years ago.