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ORDER COLLEMBOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order Collembola mean?
• ORDER COLLEMBOLA (noun)
The noun ORDER COLLEMBOLA has 1 sense:
1. minute wingless arthropods: springtails
Familiarity information: ORDER COLLEMBOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute wingless arthropods: springtails
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Collembola; order Collembola
Hypernyms ("order Collembola" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order 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 ("order Collembola" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)
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