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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

  1. 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

Hypernyms

collembola

collembola

See also: Collembola

English

Noun

collembola (plural collembolas)

  1. Any of many minute wingless arthropods of subclass Collembola; a springtail