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Meaning of COLLEMBOLA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  minute wingless arthropods: springtails
 
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 Synonyms: order Collembola
 
 See Also: animal order, class Hexapoda, class Insecta, collembolan, Hexapoda, Insecta, springtail

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Col*lem"bo*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue +
'e`mbolon wedge, peg; -- so called from their having
collophores.] (Zo["o]l.)
The division of Thysanura which includes {Podura}, and allied
forms.
 
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