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COLLEMBOLA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute wingless arthropods: springtails

Synonyms:

Collembola; order Collembola

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Collembola" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Collembola"):

collembolan; springtail (any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water)

Holonyms ("Collembola" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)

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