collembolan Hear it!

collembolan definition

col·lem·bo·lan (kə lem′bō lən)

noun

springtail

Etymology: < ModL Collembola (< Gr kolla, glue + embolon, a peg, akin to embolos, a wedge: see embolus) + -an

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