Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

 
Earth's largest dictionary with more than 1226 modern languages and Eve!

Definition: Collembola

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Minute wingless arthropods: springtails.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Top

"Collembola" is a common misspelling or typo for: collembolan.

Date "Collembola" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)

Etymology:Collembola \Col*lem"bo*la\, plural noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression ko`lla glue 'e`mbolon wedge, peg; -- so called from their having collophores.]. (references)

Common Expressions: Collembola

Expressions Definition
Order Collembola Minute wingless arthropods: springtails. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Definition: Collembola

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Minute wingless arthropods: springtails.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Top

Date "Collembola" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)

Etymology:Collembola \Col*lem"bo*la\, plural noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression ko`lla glue 'e`mbolon wedge, peg; -- so called from their having collophores.]. (references)