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Significados de springtail em inglês

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Subclass of arthropods.

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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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Uso de springtail em inglês
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Silverfish vies with springtail in trying to be most primitive insect.
The new yorker
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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
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When a boy globular springtail and a girl globular springtail love each other very much they kiss for a long time.
Wired
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But, before we get to that, there are lots of kinds of springtails.
Wired
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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
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Springtails are technically not insects, although they are close relatives.
Wired
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These kind of pissed off looking arthropods are globular springtails.
Wired
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Also relatively safe were mites, springtails, and other arthropods too small to serve as prey.
Anthill: a novel
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Springtails are incredibly abundant -there can be 250,000,000 individuals per square acre.
Wired
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Technically, springtails aren't proper insects at all, since their body has a different design than the standard insect plan.
Wired
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Springtails are small, six legged arthropods which live mainly in the soil and leaf litter and such moist habitats.
Radio NZ
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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