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Webster 1913 Edition
Springtail
Spring′tailˊ
(-tālˊ)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order
Thysanura
. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola
, and Podura
. Definition 2024
springtail
springtail
English
Noun
springtail (plural springtails)
- Any of various wingless insects, of the order Collembola, that have spring-like legs.
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