firebrat

English

Etymology

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

Noun

firebrat (plural firebrats)

A thysanuran insect, Thermobia domestica.

Further reading

Fire Brat in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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