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Meanings of springtail in English

Russian
коллемболы
Portuguese
colêmbolo
Spanish
colémbolo
Catalan
col•lèmbol
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Subclass of arthropods.

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коллемболы
Catalan
col·lèmbol
Spanish
collembola

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.

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Usage of springtail in English
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Silverfish vies with springtail in trying to be most primitive insect.
The new yorker
2
For a tiny arthropod called a globular springtail, life is about being generally spherical and generally pissed-looking.
Wired
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Alas for the springtail, they can't control where they go -but it's still effective for predator avoidance.
Wired
4
When a boy globular springtail and a girl globular springtail love each other very much they kiss for a long time.
Wired
5
But, before we get to that, there are lots of kinds of springtails.
Wired
6
You're probably looking at springtails, also known as snow fleas.
Wired
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It's a good thing to see springtails in and around your garden and woods.
Wired
8
Springtails are technically not insects, although they are close relatives.
Wired
9
These kind of pissed off looking arthropods are globular springtails.
Wired
10
Also relatively safe were mites, springtails, and other arthropods too small to serve as prey.
Anthill: a novel
11
Springtails are incredibly abundant -there can be 250,000,000 individuals per square acre.
Wired
12
Technically, springtails aren't proper insects at all, since their body has a different design than the standard insect plan.
Wired
13
Springtails are small, six legged arthropods which live mainly in the soil and leaf litter and such moist habitats.
Radio NZ
14
They're called springtails because they've got an appendage kind of like a tail that they use to fire themselves out of danger.
Wired