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Webster 1913 Edition
Collembola
‖
Col-lem′bo-la
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κόλλα
glue + ἔμβολον
wedge, peg; – so called from their having collophores.] (Zool.)
The division of Thysanura which includes
Podura
, and allied forms. Definition 2024
Collembola
Collembola
See also: collembola
Translingual
Proper noun
Collembola
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Entognatha – the springtails, insect-like arthropods that have a spring-like structure that can enable them to quickly escape from danger.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; (Entognatha - class?)
Hypernyms
- (class): Entomobryomorpha, Neelipleona, Poduromorpha, Symphypleona - orders
collembola
collembola
See also: Collembola
English
Noun
collembola (plural collembolas)
- Any of many minute wingless arthropods of subclass Collembola; a springtail