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Springtail

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various wingless hexapods, of the subclass Collembola, with spring-like legs.

    "Among the wonders of the natural world that few people have ever noticed: a semiaquatic springtail in motion."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet

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From spring + tail.

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