Meaning Of The Word Springtail

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springtail in American English
any of an order (Collembola) of small, primitive, wingless insects, able to leap great distances by the sudden release of a forklike, abdominal appendage
noun: any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping that allows for the nearly perpetual springing pattern characteristic of the group

springtail in British English
noun: any primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, having a forked springing organ with which it projects itself forward

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