grylloblattid

[ gril-oh-blat-id ]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grylloblattid¹

< 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