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COLLEMBOLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute wingless arthropods: springtails
Synonyms:
Collembola; order Collembola
Classified under:
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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