An insect belonging to the family Campodeidae, or any member of related primitive hexapod families.
From 'Campodea' plus the suffix '-id' (used to denote a member of a family in biological nomenclature). The '-id' suffix comes from Greco-Latin taxonomic conventions.
The '-id' ending in taxonomy reveals how scientists create a family of names—once you name one creature 'Campodea,' everything related gets bundled under that same linguistic roof.
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