COLLEMBOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Collembola mean? 

• COLLEMBOLA (noun)
  The noun COLLEMBOLA has 1 sense:

1. minute wingless arthropods: springtails

  Familiarity information: COLLEMBOLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLEMBOLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute wingless arthropods: springtails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Collembola; order Collembola

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)